Doubled for Saturday, December 14, 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.
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Regression To The Girls
Regression to the mean and Mean girls, joined on Mean.
Regression to the mean
Regression to the mean is the statistical tendency for an extreme measurement to be followed by one closer to the average.
Mean girls
Mean Girls is the high-school comedy about a new pupil taken in by a ruthless clique called the Plastics.
How players did
9% got the whole answer in one guess, 2% solved it without a miss, 4% got there after at least one wrong guess, 27% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 59% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on December 14, 2024 and December 14, 2025.