Doubled for Tuesday, March 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 6 words long, with 7, 2, 3, 5, 5 and 7 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with T.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 5 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
King Arthur's company, then not talking with your mouth full.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Knights Of The Round Manners
Knights of the round table and Table manners, joined on Table.
Knights of the round table
The Knights of the Round Table were King Arthur's company of knights in Arthurian legend, seated at a round table so that no one sat at its head.
Table manners
Table manners are the rules of polite behaviour at a meal: elbows off the table, mouth closed while chewing, and so on.
How players did
Across 2,839 plays, 53% got the whole answer in one guess, 13% solved it without a miss, 16% got there after at least one wrong guess, 7% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 11% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on March 26, 2024, December 29, 2024, March 26, 2025, December 29, 2025 and March 26, 2026.