Doubled for Tuesday, April 9, 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 7 words long, with 3, 6, 5, 2, 3, 4 and 4 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 6 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A green-skinned villain from Oz, then the part of the White House where the president works.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
The Wicked Witch Of The Wing
The wicked witch of the west and West wing, joined on West.
The wicked witch of the west
The Wicked Witch of the West is the green-skinned villain of The Wizard of Oz, undone in the end by a bucket of water.
West wing
The West Wing is the part of the White House that holds the Oval Office and the president's senior staff, and the title of the television drama set there.
How players did
Across 1,750 plays, 52% got the whole answer in one guess, 9% solved it without a miss, 27% got there after at least one wrong guess, 3% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 8% did not get it.