Doubled for Monday, October 14, 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 7, 5 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with P.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A 1980s moral scare, then a fortified hiding place in a house.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Satanic Room
Satanic panic and Panic room, joined on Panic.
Satanic panic
The Satanic Panic was the 1980s and 1990s wave of fear that devil-worshipping cults were operating in secret, fed by talk shows and false accusations.
Panic room
A panic room is a fortified, hidden room in a house where the occupants can shelter from intruders.
How players did
Across 839 plays, 10% got the whole answer in one guess, 1% solved it without a miss, 3% got there after at least one wrong guess, 42% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 44% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on October 14, 2024 and October 14, 2025.