Doubled for Wednesday, November 13, 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 4, 5 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with S.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Scenery, or gardening on a big scale, then the one who takes the blame.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
LandGoat
Landscape and Scapegoat, joined on Scape.
Landscape
A landscape is a stretch of scenery, and landscaping is shaping the ground and planting of a garden or grounds.
Scapegoat
A scapegoat is a person blamed for the wrongdoing of others.
How players did
Across 904 plays, 32% got the whole answer in one guess, 13% solved it without a miss, 15% got there after at least one wrong guess, 32% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 7% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on November 13, 2024 and November 13, 2025.