Doubled for Thursday, November 28, 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 3, 6 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 letters and starts with C.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A Hollywood star who does his own stunts, then a floating hotel.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Tom Ship
Tom cruise and Cruise ship, joined on Cruise.
Tom cruise
Tom Cruise is the film star of Top Gun and the Mission: Impossible series.
Cruise ship
A cruise ship is the large passenger ship that carries holidaymakers from port to port.
How players did
Across 852 plays, 83% got the whole answer in one guess, 7% solved it without a miss, 8% got there after at least one wrong guess, 2% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 1% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on November 28, 2024 and November 28, 2025.