Doubled for Sunday, December 8, 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 8, 4 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with S.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Wearing nothing at all, then luggage.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Birthday Case
Birthday suit and Suitcase, joined on Suit.
Birthday suit
Your birthday suit is your naked body, what you wore on the day you were born.
Suitcase
A suitcase is a piece of luggage with a handle, for carrying clothes on a journey.
How players did
Across 885 plays, 43% got the whole answer in one guess, 15% solved it without a miss, 12% got there after at least one wrong guess, 26% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 4% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on December 8, 2024 and December 8, 2025.