Doubled for Thursday, October 24, 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, 6 and 3 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 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
The village of the Headless Horseman, then a bottomless capacity for drink.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Sleepy Leg
Sleepy hollow and Hollow leg, joined on Hollow.
Sleepy hollow
Sleepy Hollow is the village of Washington Irving's tale of the Headless Horseman.
Hollow leg
To have a hollow leg is to be able to eat or drink a great deal without apparent effect.
How players did
Across 822 plays, 14% got the whole answer in one guess, 3% solved it without a miss, 9% got there after at least one wrong guess, 53% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 23% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on October 24, 2024 and October 24, 2025.