Doubled for Friday, November 29, 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 4, 2, 3, 6, 4 and 7 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 5 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Making a deal official, then boot-scooting in rows.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Sign On The Dotted Dancing
Sign on the dotted line and Line dancing, joined on Line.
Sign on the dotted line
To sign on the dotted line is to formally agree to something by signing a contract.
Line dancing
Line dancing is dancing in rows to country music, everyone doing the same steps.
How players did
Across 808 plays, 9% got the whole answer in one guess, 3% solved it without a miss, 30% got there after at least one wrong guess, 38% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 20% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on November 29, 2024 and November 29, 2025.