Doubled for Saturday, October 19, 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 3 words long, with 5, 8 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 8 letters and starts with D.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A creamy buttermilk sauce for salad and wings, then where performers change.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Ranch Room
Ranch dressing and Dressing room, joined on Dressing.
Ranch dressing
Ranch dressing is the creamy buttermilk-and-herb dressing that America puts on salads, wings and pizza.
Dressing room
A dressing room is the room where performers change and prepare before going on stage, or the fitting room in a clothes shop.
How players did
Across 726 plays, 19% got the whole answer in one guess, 8% solved it without a miss, 7% got there after at least one wrong guess, 47% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 19% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on October 19, 2024 and October 19, 2025.