Draw a Blank
What it means
Reach for something you know you know, and find nothing there at all.
Where it comes from
Early lotteries mixed blank tickets in among the winners, so drawing a blank meant paying for nothing. The gambling sense faded away and the memory failure kept the words.
The puzzle it came from
Draw a Blank was the answer to the Phrasicle of July 22, 2025. The clue read ____ a ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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lottery
draw
string
bean
bag
perfect
match
point
blank
page
goal
post
card
stock
exchange
inner
circle
back
talk
down
Phrasicle: Draw a Blank