Doubled for Wednesday, September 25, 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 5, 5 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with B.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
The seat in front of a keyboard, then a gym lift done lying down.
The answer
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Piano Press
Piano bench and Bench press, joined on Bench.
Piano bench
A piano bench is the padded seat a pianist sits on, often with sheet music stored inside.
Bench press
The bench press is the weight-training exercise of pushing a barbell up from the chest while lying on a bench.
How players did
Across 1,326 plays, 59% got the whole answer in one guess, 13% solved it without a miss, 15% got there after at least one wrong guess, 11% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 3% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on September 25, 2024 and September 25, 2025.