Doubled for Wednesday, October 2, 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 4 words long, with 4, 1, 6 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 letters and starts with S.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 3 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A red toy with two white knobs, then someone who draws for a living.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Etch-A- Artist
Etch-a-sketch and Sketch artist, joined on Sketch.
Etch-a-sketch
An Etch A Sketch is the red-framed drawing toy with two knobs that move a stylus across a grey screen, erased with a shake.
Sketch artist
A sketch artist is an artist who makes quick drawings, such as the courtroom artist or the police sketch artist.
How players did
Across 1,359 plays, 72% got the whole answer in one guess, 10% solved it without a miss, 6% got there after at least one wrong guess, 6% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 6% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on October 2, 2024 and October 2, 2025.