Doubled for Friday, April 5, 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 6, 6, 5 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 6 letters and starts with F.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A relaxed office dress code, then Texas high-school football.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Casual Night Lights
Casual friday and Friday night lights, joined on Friday.
Casual friday
Casual Friday is the office custom of relaxing the dress code at the end of the working week.
Friday night lights
Friday Night Lights is the book, film and television series about high-school football in a small Texas town, named for the stadium lights of Friday-night games.
How players did
Across 1,314 plays, 15% got the whole answer in one guess, 10% solved it without a miss, 15% got there after at least one wrong guess, 17% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 43% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on April 5, 2024, April 5, 2025 and April 5, 2026.