Doubled for Thursday, April 4, 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 4, 6, 3, 5, 3 and 7 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with R.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 4 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A nursery rhyme children fall down to, then a wartime poster icon flexing her arm.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Ring Around The The Riveter
Ring around the rosie and Rosie the riveter, joined on Rosie.
Ring around the rosie
Ring around the rosie is the nursery rhyme and circle game that ends with everyone falling down; in Britain it is 'Ring a ring o' roses'.
Rosie the riveter
Rosie the Riveter is the icon of the American women who worked in factories during the Second World War, best known from the 'We Can Do It!' poster.
How players did
Across 2,077 plays, 33% got the whole answer in one guess, 18% solved it without a miss, 18% got there after at least one wrong guess, 9% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 22% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on April 4, 2024, December 26, 2024, April 4, 2025, December 26, 2025 and April 4, 2026.