Doubled for Friday, December 13, 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 11, 3 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 letters and starts with M.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A person of many talents, then an unflattering term for a certain chest.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Renaissance Boobs
Renaissance man and Man boobs, joined on Man.
Renaissance man
A Renaissance man is someone accomplished in many different fields, after the all-rounders of the Italian Renaissance.
Man boobs
Man boobs is the mocking term for fatty tissue on a man's chest that resembles breasts.
How players did
Across 715 plays, 13% got the whole answer in one guess, 2% solved it without a miss, 8% got there after at least one wrong guess, 48% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 29% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on December 13, 2024 and December 13, 2025.