Doubled for Monday, November 25, 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 5, 4 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 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
Jumping into someone else's picture, then a call that empties a building.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Photo Threat
Photo bomb and Bomb threat, joined on Bomb.
Photo bomb
A photobomb is jumping into the background of someone else's photograph as a prank.
Bomb threat
A bomb threat is a warning, real or hoax, that an explosive has been planted.
How players did
Across 852 plays, 25% got the whole answer in one guess, 3% solved it without a miss, 14% got there after at least one wrong guess, 34% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 25% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on November 25, 2024 and November 25, 2025.