Doubled for Tuesday, September 10, 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 8, 8 and 8 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 8 letters and starts with D.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Teenagers with alcohol, then where you sip water in a school corridor.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Underage Fountain
Underage drinking and Drinking fountain, joined on Drinking.
Underage drinking
Underage drinking is the consumption of alcohol by people below the legal drinking age.
Drinking fountain
A drinking fountain is the public fixture that sends up a small arc of water to drink from.
How players did
Across 1,091 plays, 29% got the whole answer in one guess, 26% solved it without a miss, 10% got there after at least one wrong guess, 29% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 5% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on September 10, 2024, September 10, 2025 and September 10, 2026.