Doubled for Tuesday, September 17, 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 6, 5 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 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
Two skipping ropes at once, then a heavy lidded cooking pot.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Double Oven
Double dutch and Dutch oven, joined on Dutch.
Double dutch
Double Dutch is the jump-rope game in which two ropes are turned in opposite directions while a jumper skips between them.
Dutch oven
A Dutch oven is the heavy, lidded pot, usually cast iron, used for stews and braises.
How players did
Across 1,098 plays, 22% got the whole answer in one guess, 4% solved it without a miss, 14% got there after at least one wrong guess, 50% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 11% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on September 17, 2024, September 17, 2025 and September 17, 2026.