Doubled for Thursday, October 31, 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 7 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with C.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Money off, then the vampire from Transylvania.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Dis Dracula
Discount and Count dracula, joined on Count.
Discount
A discount is a reduction in price.
Count dracula
Count Dracula is the vampire of Bram Stoker's novel, the Transylvanian nobleman who sleeps in a coffin.
How players did
Across 910 plays, 43% got the whole answer in one guess, 7% solved it without a miss, 12% got there after at least one wrong guess, 31% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 7% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on October 31, 2024 and October 31, 2025.