Doubled for Friday, January 24, 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 7, 5 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with S.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Being present for someone's feelings, then a plug-in radiator.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Holding Heater
Holding space and Space heater, joined on Space.
Holding space
Holding space is being fully present and supportive for someone while they work through something, without judging or fixing.
Space heater
A space heater is a small portable electric heater for warming a single room.
How players did
Across 663 plays, 7% got the whole answer in one guess, 3% solved it without a miss, 5% got there after at least one wrong guess, 22% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 63% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on January 24, 2025 and January 24, 2026.