Doubled for Saturday, November 16, 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, 4 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with W.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
An avid reader, then a shortcut through space-time.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Book Hole
Book worm and Wormhole, joined on Worm.
Book worm
A bookworm is a person who loves reading, named for the insect larvae that bore through old books.
Wormhole
A wormhole is a hypothetical tunnel through space-time connecting two distant points, a staple of science fiction.
How players did
Across 872 plays, 44% got the whole answer in one guess, 26% solved it without a miss, 16% got there after at least one wrong guess, 12% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 2% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on November 16, 2024 and November 16, 2025.