Doubled for Wednesday, October 23, 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 5, 5 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with H.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A cop who asks if you feel lucky, then a boy wizard.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Dirty Potter
Dirty harry and Harry potter, joined on Harry.
Dirty harry
Dirty Harry is Clint Eastwood's San Francisco police inspector, of 'Do you feel lucky, punk?'
Harry potter
Harry Potter is the boy wizard of J. K. Rowling's novels and the films made from them.
How players did
Across 1,027 plays, 66% got the whole answer in one guess, 9% solved it without a miss, 4% got there after at least one wrong guess, 11% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 10% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on October 23, 2024 and October 23, 2025.