Doubled for Sunday, January 5, 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, 4 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with H.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Discount drinks after work, then a timer of falling sand.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Happy Glass
Happy hour and Hourglass, joined on Hour.
Happy hour
Happy hour is the period in the early evening when a bar sells drinks at a discount.
Hourglass
An hourglass is the timer of two glass bulbs through which sand runs from one to the other.
How players did
Across 794 plays, 61% got the whole answer in one guess, 9% solved it without a miss, 11% got there after at least one wrong guess, 16% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 4% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on January 5, 2025 and January 5, 2026.