Doubled for Friday, May 3, 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 5 words long, with 5, 4, 3, 3 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with L.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 4, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
The woman behind the school cafeteria counter, then a Disney romance over spaghetti.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Lunch And The Tramp
Lunch lady and Lady and the tramp, joined on Lady.
Lunch lady
The lunch lady is the school cafeteria worker who serves the meals, an affectionate American stock character.
Lady and the tramp
Lady and the Tramp is the Disney animated film about a pampered cocker spaniel and a stray mutt, famous for its shared strand of spaghetti.
How players did
Across 2,471 plays, 64% got the whole answer in one guess, 11% solved it without a miss, 11% got there after at least one wrong guess, 9% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 5% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on May 3, 2024, May 3, 2025 and May 3, 2026.