Doubled for Monday, October 21, 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 4, 5 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with W.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
What a priest sprinkles, then slides and wave pools.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Holy Park
Holy water and Water park, joined on Water.
Holy water
Holy water is water blessed by a priest, used in baptisms and blessings.
Water park
A water park is an amusement park of slides, flumes and wave pools.
How players did
Across 1,759 plays, 44% got the whole answer in one guess, 15% solved it without a miss, 13% got there after at least one wrong guess, 16% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 12% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on October 21, 2024, January 27, 2025, October 21, 2025 and January 27, 2026.