Doubled for Sunday, February 2, 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 4, 4, 4 and 3 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with C.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 3 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Money in hand, then a reliably profitable product.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Cold Hard Cow
Cold hard cash and Cash cow, joined on Cash.
Cold hard cash
Cold hard cash is actual money, paid in full and up front.
Cash cow
A cash cow is a product or business that reliably makes money with little further investment.
How players did
Across 699 plays, 48% got the whole answer in one guess, 15% solved it without a miss, 12% got there after at least one wrong guess, 19% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 6% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on February 2, 2025 and February 2, 2026.