Doubled for Wednesday, October 16, 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 5, 4, 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 3 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
An office tool for ring binders, then a big vessel of party drink.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Three Hole Bowl
Three hole punch and Punch bowl, joined on Punch.
Three hole punch
A three-hole punch is the desk tool that punches the three holes needed for a ring binder.
Punch bowl
A punch bowl is the large bowl from which party punch is ladled into cups.
How players did
Across 909 plays, 26% got the whole answer in one guess, 19% solved it without a miss, 17% got there after at least one wrong guess, 22% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 16% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on October 16, 2024 and October 16, 2025.