Doubled for Monday, February 10, 2025
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 4 words long, with 5, 5, 2 and 4 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with P.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 3, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
A tease for someone dressed up or putting on airs, then what a liar's trousers do.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Fancy On Fire
Fancy pants and Pants on fire, joined on Pants.
Fancy pants
Fancy pants is a teasing name for someone dressed up or acting posh.
Pants on fire
'Liar, liar, pants on fire' is the playground chant at someone caught telling a fib.
How players did
Across 641 plays, 13% got the whole answer in one guess, 5% solved it without a miss, 20% got there after at least one wrong guess, 29% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 33% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on February 10, 2025 and February 10, 2026.