Doubled for Tuesday, January 7, 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 8, 3 and 3 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 letters and starts with T.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A summit, then the one in charge.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Mountain Dog
Mountain top and Top dog, joined on Top.
Mountain top
A mountaintop is the summit of a mountain.
Top dog
The top dog is the person in charge, the one who has come out on top.
How players did
Across 1,095 plays, 59% got the whole answer in one guess, 21% solved it without a miss, 10% got there after at least one wrong guess, 9% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 2% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on January 7, 2025 and January 7, 2026.