Doubled for Tuesday, January 21, 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, 4 and 4 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 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Quick, intuitive judgement (and half a famous book title), then burgers in paper.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Thinking Food
Thinking fast and Fast food, joined on Fast.
Thinking fast
Thinking fast is quick, intuitive judgement, the 'fast' system in Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow.
Fast food
Fast food is quickly prepared, inexpensive food such as burgers and fries, served over a counter or through a drive-through window.
How players did
Across 827 plays, 47% got the whole answer in one guess, 18% solved it without a miss, 15% got there after at least one wrong guess, 14% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 6% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on January 21, 2025 and January 21, 2026.