Doubled for Wednesday, October 9, 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 6, 5 and 3 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with J.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A ghost summoned by saying his name three times, then a child's drink with a straw.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Beetle Box
Beetlejuice and Juice box, joined on Juice.
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice is the Tim Burton comedy about a mischievous ghost who appears when his name is said three times.
Juice box
A juice box is the small carton of juice with an attached straw packed in children's lunches.
How players did
Across 1,293 plays, 73% got the whole answer in one guess, 10% solved it without a miss, 7% got there after at least one wrong guess, 7% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 3% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on October 9, 2024 and October 9, 2025.