Doubled for Sunday, September 29, 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, 3 and 9 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 letters and starts with M.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A winter figure with a carrot nose, then a condescending explanation from a certain gender.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
SnowSplaining
Snowman and Mansplaining, joined on Man.
Snowman
A snowman is the figure of stacked snowballs with a carrot nose and a scarf.
Mansplaining
Mansplaining is a man explaining something to a woman in a condescending way, typically something she already knows.
How players did
Across 980 plays, 51% got the whole answer in one guess, 16% solved it without a miss, 5% got there after at least one wrong guess, 9% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 20% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on September 29, 2024 and September 29, 2025.