Doubled for Tuesday, December 31, 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 5, 6, 1 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 letters and starts with W.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Someone who writes a book under another's name, then the inability to get words on the page.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Ghost'S Block
Ghostwriter and Writer's block, joined on Writer.
Ghostwriter
A ghostwriter writes books, speeches or articles that are published under someone else's name.
Writer's block
Writer's block is the state of being unable to write, staring at an empty page.
How players did
Across 1,281 plays, 65% got the whole answer in one guess, 18% solved it without a miss, 8% got there after at least one wrong guess, 5% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 4% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2025.