Doubled for Saturday, November 2, 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 6, 3, 6, 4 and 3 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 4 letters and starts with H.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 4 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A girl visiting her grandmother meets a wolf, then a rough slang insult.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Little Red Riding Rat
Little red riding hood and Hood rat, joined on Hood.
Little red riding hood
Little Red Riding Hood is the fairy tale of the girl in the red cloak who meets a wolf on the way to her grandmother's house.
Hood rat
Hood rat is derogatory slang for a young person from a poor urban neighbourhood, and not a term to use kindly.
How players did
Across 881 plays, 75% got the whole answer in one guess, 14% solved it without a miss, 3% got there after at least one wrong guess, 7% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 2% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on November 2, 2024 and November 2, 2025.