Doubled for Monday, January 20, 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 7 words long, with 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5 and 7 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with F.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 5 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A supermarket promotion, then poultry that roamed outdoors.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Buy One Get One Range Chicken
Buy one get one free and Free range chicken, joined on Free.
Buy one get one free
Buy one, get one free is the shop promotion that gives you a second item at no charge.
Free range chicken
Free-range chicken is chicken raised with access to the outdoors rather than confined in a shed.
How players did
Across 660 plays, 10% got the whole answer in one guess, 9% solved it without a miss, 10% got there after at least one wrong guess, 59% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 13% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on January 20, 2025 and January 20, 2026.