Doubled for Wednesday, January 1, 2025
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 6 words long, with 3, 9, 2, 4, 3 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with O.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 4 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
The point where the early bliss wears off, then absolutely delighted.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
The Honeymoon Is The Moon
The honeymoon is over and Over the moon, joined on Over.
The honeymoon is over
'The honeymoon is over' means the pleasant early period of a relationship, job or government has ended and reality has set in.
Over the moon
Over the moon means extremely happy, delighted.
How players did
Across 692 plays, 16% got the whole answer in one guess, 11% solved it without a miss, 13% got there after at least one wrong guess, 52% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 9% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on January 1, 2025 and January 1, 2026.