Doubled for Wednesday, November 20, 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, 2, 8, 2 and 5 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 3 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A heroine waiting to be rescued, then denim sold already ripped.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Damsel In Ed Jeans
Damsel in distress and Distressed jeans, joined on Distress.
Damsel in distress
A damsel in distress is the young woman in peril awaiting rescue by a hero, a stock figure of old stories.
Distressed jeans
Distressed jeans are jeans sold already faded, frayed and ripped.
How players did
Across 871 plays, 21% got the whole answer in one guess, 4% solved it without a miss, 7% got there after at least one wrong guess, 48% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 19% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on November 20, 2024 and November 20, 2025.