Doubled for Tuesday, May 6, 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 5 words long, with 5, 2, 1, 5 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with B.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 4 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Completely rigid, then dice and counters on a table.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Stiff As A Game
Stiff as a board and Board game, joined on Board.
Stiff as a board
Stiff as a board means completely rigid, unable to bend.
Board game
A board game is any game played on a marked board with pieces, dice or cards.
How players did
Across 493 plays, 11% got the whole answer in one guess, 3% solved it without a miss, 19% got there after at least one wrong guess, 45% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 21% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on May 6, 2025 and May 6, 2026.