Doubled for Saturday, October 5, 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 5 words long, with 5, 2, 1, 4 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with C.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 4 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Perfectly content, then a seaside feast cooked in a pit of seaweed.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Happy As A Bake
Happy as a clam and Clam bake, joined on Clam.
Happy as a clam
Happy as a clam means perfectly content; the full saying is 'happy as a clam at high tide', when no one can dig it up.
Clam bake
A clambake is the New England beach feast of clams, lobster and corn steamed in a pit over hot stones and seaweed.
How players did
Across 854 plays, 39% got the whole answer in one guess, 8% solved it without a miss, 14% got there after at least one wrong guess, 29% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 11% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on October 5, 2024 and October 5, 2025.