Doubled for Tuesday, October 29, 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 3, 5 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with B.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
What you type on, then what surfers wear.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Key Shorts
Keyboard and Board shorts, joined on Board.
Keyboard
A keyboard is the set of keys used to type on a computer, or the keys of a piano.
Board shorts
Board shorts are the long, loose swimming shorts worn by surfers.
How players did
Across 901 plays, 29% got the whole answer in one guess, 10% solved it without a miss, 11% got there after at least one wrong guess, 39% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 12% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on October 29, 2024 and October 29, 2025.