Doubled for Tuesday, November 19, 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 6, 5 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with B.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
An escape from jail, then spinning on your back on a piece of cardboard.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Prison Dance
Prison break and Break dance, joined on Break.
Prison break
A prison break is an escape from jail.
Break dance
Breakdancing is the acrobatic street dance of spins, freezes and footwork that grew up with hip hop.
How players did
Across 966 plays, 73% got the whole answer in one guess, 16% solved it without a miss, 4% got there after at least one wrong guess, 5% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 2% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on November 19, 2024 and November 19, 2025.