Doubled for Wednesday, February 19, 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 5, 5, 2 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with H.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Sorrow, then a generous nature.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Heavy Of Gold
Heavy heart and Heart of gold, joined on Heart.
Heavy heart
A heavy heart is deep sadness: to do something with a heavy heart is to do it reluctantly and sorrowfully.
Heart of gold
A heart of gold is a kind, generous nature.
How players did
Across 673 plays, 51% got the whole answer in one guess, 14% solved it without a miss, 17% got there after at least one wrong guess, 15% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 3% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on February 19, 2025 and February 19, 2026.