Doubled for Saturday, February 1, 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, 2, 3 and 3 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 letters and starts with T.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 3 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
The final flourish on a sundae, then formal headgear.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Cherry On Hat
Cherry on top and Top hat, joined on Top.
Cherry on top
The cherry on top is the finishing touch that makes something good even better, after the cherry on a sundae.
Top hat
A top hat is the tall, flat-crowned formal hat of magicians and Victorian gentlemen.
How players did
Across 674 plays, 86% got the whole answer in one guess, 7% solved it without a miss, 5% got there after at least one wrong guess, 1% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 1% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on February 1, 2025 and February 1, 2026.