Doubled for Sunday, January 19, 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, 5 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 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
The chart of the elements, then ping-pong.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Periodic Tennis
Periodic table and Table tennis, joined on Table.
Periodic table
The periodic table is the chart of the chemical elements arranged by atomic number.
Table tennis
Table tennis is ping-pong, the game of small bats and a hollow ball played on a table with a net.
How players did
Across 977 plays, 72% got the whole answer in one guess, 8% solved it without a miss, 8% got there after at least one wrong guess, 6% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 5% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on January 19, 2025 and January 19, 2026.