Doubled for Wednesday, March 13, 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 4, 4, 2 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with W.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A sideways scuttle, then the morning-after trip home.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Crab Of Shame
Crab walk and Walk of shame, joined on Walk.
Crab walk
The crab walk is moving sideways on hands and feet with your belly facing up, a gym-class exercise named for the way a crab scuttles.
Walk of shame
The walk of shame is the trip home the morning after a night out, still in last night's clothes.
How players did
Across 1,715 plays, 33% got the whole answer in one guess, 15% solved it without a miss, 17% got there after at least one wrong guess, 17% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 18% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on March 13, 2024, March 13, 2025 and March 13, 2026.