Doubled for Sunday, November 17, 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 5, 3, 6 and 3 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 letters and starts with B.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 3 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A basic staple, then a winged insect that starts as a caterpillar.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Bread And Fly
Bread and butter and Butterfly, joined on Butter.
Bread and butter
Bread and butter is the most basic of foods, and figuratively the reliable core of a person's income or work.
Butterfly
A butterfly is the winged insect that begins as a caterpillar and emerges from a chrysalis.
How players did
Across 892 plays, 51% got the whole answer in one guess, 11% solved it without a miss, 25% got there after at least one wrong guess, 9% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 3% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on November 17, 2024 and November 17, 2025.