Doubled for Tuesday, October 1, 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, 4 and 3 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 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
Someone famous thanks to famous parents, then a bottle from the nursery.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Nepo Oil
Nepo baby and Baby oil, joined on Baby.
Nepo baby
A nepo baby is someone whose career was helped along by having famous or well-connected parents, from 'nepotism'.
Baby oil
Baby oil is the mineral oil used to moisturise a baby's skin.
How players did
Across 963 plays, 36% got the whole answer in one guess, 7% solved it without a miss, 9% got there after at least one wrong guess, 16% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 32% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on October 1, 2024 and October 1, 2025.