Doubled for Friday, January 3, 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 3 words long, with 5, 6 and 6 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
Touring the landmarks, then what happens to your vision after one too many.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Sight Double
Sightseeing and Seeing double, joined on Seeing.
Sightseeing
Sightseeing is visiting the famous places and landmarks of somewhere you are travelling.
Seeing double
Seeing double is seeing two images of everything, a symptom of concussion or too much drink.
How players did
Across 725 plays, 22% got the whole answer in one guess, 11% solved it without a miss, 27% got there after at least one wrong guess, 33% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 6% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on January 3, 2025 and January 3, 2026.