Doubled for Saturday, December 7, 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 6, 5, 2 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with P.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
The jigsaw bit everyone looks for first, then a blunt verdict on something worthless.
The answer
Stuck, or want to check? Opening this reveals the whole answer.
Reveal the answer
Corner Of Shit
Corner piece and Piece of shit, joined on Piece.
Corner piece
A corner piece is one of the four pieces of a jigsaw puzzle with two straight edges, the ones you look for first.
Piece of shit
A piece of shit is a blunt, vulgar verdict on something (or someone) worthless.
How players did
Across 832 plays, 7% got the whole answer in one guess, 1% solved it without a miss, 54% got there after at least one wrong guess, 23% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 14% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on December 7, 2024 and December 7, 2025.