Doubled for Thursday, December 12, 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 7, 6 and 3 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 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
Skydiving, base jumping and the like, then supportive gym underwear.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Extreme Bra
Extreme sports and Sports bra, joined on Sports.
Extreme sports
Extreme sports are the high-risk activities like skydiving, base jumping, big-wave surfing and freeriding.
Sports bra
A sports bra is the supportive bra worn for exercise.
How players did
Across 931 plays, 63% got the whole answer in one guess, 13% solved it without a miss, 5% got there after at least one wrong guess, 10% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 9% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on December 12, 2024 and December 12, 2025.