Doubled for Monday, November 11, 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 6 words long, with 3, 3, 2, 3, 3 and 5 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 3 letters and starts with H.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 5 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A Dr. Seuss troublemaker in stripes, then three goals by one player.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
The Cat In The Trick
The cat in the hat and Hat trick, joined on Hat.
The cat in the hat
The Cat in the Hat is Dr. Seuss's tall cat in a striped top hat who turns a rainy afternoon into chaos.
Hat trick
A hat trick is three goals scored by the same player in one match.
How players did
Across 1,386 plays, 53% got the whole answer in one guess, 18% solved it without a miss, 20% got there after at least one wrong guess, 6% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 3% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on November 11, 2024 and November 11, 2025.