Doubled for Wednesday, October 30, 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 4, 1, 7 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 7 letters and starts with L.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 3 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A carved pumpkin, then insects that blink at dusk.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Jack O Flies
Jack o lantern and Lantern flies, joined on Lantern.
Jack o lantern
A jack-o'-lantern is the pumpkin carved with a face and lit from inside with a candle at Halloween.
Lantern flies
Lanternflies are planthopper insects; the spotted lanternfly is the invasive species blighting the eastern United States.
How players did
Across 1,097 plays, 58% got the whole answer in one guess, 10% solved it without a miss, 14% got there after at least one wrong guess, 14% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 5% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on October 30, 2024 and October 30, 2025.