Doubled for Sunday, January 26, 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 6, 3, 2 and 4 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 pub with a dozen screens, then bullion.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Sports Of Gold
Sports bar and Bar of gold, joined on Bar.
Sports bar
A sports bar is a bar with big screens showing live sport.
Bar of gold
A bar of gold is an ingot of gold, bullion.
How players did
Across 790 plays, 48% got the whole answer in one guess, 14% solved it without a miss, 15% got there after at least one wrong guess, 12% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 12% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on January 26, 2025 and January 26, 2026.