Doubled for Friday, February 7, 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 8, 6, 1 and 2 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 letters and starts with D.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A passenger who won't stop giving directions, then the class where teenagers learn to drive.
The answer
Stuck, or want to check? Opening this reveals the whole answer.
Reveal the answer
Backseat 'S Ed
Backseat driver and Driver's ed, joined on Driver.
Backseat driver
A backseat driver is a passenger who keeps telling the driver what to do, and anyone who interferes with something they are not in charge of.
Driver's ed
Driver's ed is driver education, the school course that teaches teenagers to drive.
How players did
Across 647 plays, 48% got the whole answer in one guess, 13% solved it without a miss, 5% got there after at least one wrong guess, 18% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 15% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on February 7, 2025 and February 7, 2026.