Doubled for Monday, September 9, 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 3 words long, with 4, 6 and 3 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 letters and starts with T.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
What forms as a wound heals, then a cardboard cube on the bedside table.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Scar Box
Scar tissue and Tissue box, joined on Tissue.
Scar tissue
Scar tissue is the fibrous tissue that forms where a wound has healed.
Tissue box
A tissue box is the cardboard box that dispenses paper tissues one at a time.
How players did
Across 1,194 plays, 47% got the whole answer in one guess, 9% solved it without a miss, 11% got there after at least one wrong guess, 14% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 19% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on September 9, 2024, September 9, 2025 and September 9, 2026.