Doubled for Friday, January 17, 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 4 words long, with 4, 3, 2 and 9 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 letters and starts with B.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A shoulder-carried stereo, then the gift Forrest Gump compared life to.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Boom Of Chocolate
Boombox and Box of chocolate, joined on Box.
Boombox
A boombox is the large portable stereo of the 1980s, carried on the shoulder with the volume up.
Box of chocolate
A box of chocolates is the assortment of chocolates given as a gift, and Forrest Gump's comparison for life.
How players did
Across 1,049 plays, 50% got the whole answer in one guess, 30% solved it without a miss, 8% got there after at least one wrong guess, 9% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 3% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on January 17, 2025 and January 17, 2026.