Doubled for Friday, August 30, 2024
One picture, one hidden three-word chain. The first two words make a familiar phrase, the last two make another, and the middle word belongs to both. New to the game? Read how to play first.
Hints
Open them one at a time. Each one gives away a little more than the last.
Hint 1
The answer is 5 words long, with 1, 3, 5, 4 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with T.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 4 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A tiny, sleepy settlement, then a narrow home joined to its neighbours.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
A One Horse House
A one horse town and Townhouse, joined on Town.
A one horse town
A one-horse town is a tiny, dull place where nothing happens.
Townhouse
A townhouse is a tall, narrow house joined to its neighbours in a row, a city dwelling.
How players did
Across 1,052 plays, 18% got the whole answer in one guess, 10% solved it without a miss, 18% got there after at least one wrong guess, 39% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 16% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on August 30, 2024, August 30, 2025 and August 30, 2026.