Doubled for Sunday, January 12, 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 5 words long, with 5, 4, 2, 3 and 6 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 4, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
The pointed tip of a projectile, then a daydreamer's state.
The answer
Stuck, or want to check? Opening this reveals the whole answer.
Reveal the answer
Arrow In The Clouds
Arrowhead and Head in the clouds, joined on Head.
Arrowhead
An arrowhead is the pointed tip of an arrow, the flint or metal point at its end.
Head in the clouds
To have your head in the clouds is to be daydreaming, out of touch with what is going on around you.
How players did
Across 950 plays, 58% got the whole answer in one guess, 12% solved it without a miss, 16% got there after at least one wrong guess, 11% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 3% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on January 12, 2025 and January 12, 2026.