Doubled for Monday, February 26, 2024
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 7, 5, 2 and 15 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
A Halloween attraction, then the lower chamber of the United States Congress.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Haunted Of Representatives
Haunted house and House of representatives, joined on House.
Haunted house
A haunted house is a house said to be visited by ghosts, or the walk-through Halloween attraction built to scare paying visitors with actors and special effects.
House of representatives
The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, whose members represent districts apportioned by population.
How players did
Across 1,786 plays, 35% got the whole answer in one guess, 5% solved it without a miss, 21% got there after at least one wrong guess, 26% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 13% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on February 26, 2024, February 26, 2025 and February 26, 2026.