Viewers were left baffled by a question on BBC’s Only Connect, with some calling it the ‘worst ever’.

The popular quiz show saw Victoria Coren Mitchell, 52, welcome two teams on Monday night – Cat Cows vs Four Opinions. 

Only Connect, first broadcast in 2008, consists of a tournament-type format in which teams compete by finding connections between seemingly unrelated clues.

During the most recent instalment, the contestants were offered four clues including – ‘Swelling: on bones,’ ‘Finger: at the tip of the middle finger,’ Mouse: throughout the body’ and ‘Pan: in the knees’.

Cat Cows gave an answer of ‘ᴅᴇᴀᴅ’ to which Victoria said, ‘Not the answer I’m afraid’. 

In the end, neither team could figure out the answer, which was body parts. 

The popular quiz show saw Victoria Coren Mitchell, 52, welcome two teams on Monday night – Cat Cows vs Four Opinions

During the most recent instalment, the contestants were offered four clues including – ‘Swelling: on bones,’ ‘Finger: at the tip of the middle finger,’ Mouse: throughout the body’ and ‘Pan: in the knees’

Cat Cows gave an answer of ‘ᴅᴇᴀᴅ’ to which Victoria said, ‘Not the answer I’m afraid’. 

Some viewers struggled with the question too, some some calling it ‘the worst’ on social media.

One fan penned on X: ”Little’ Body Parts possibly a contender for worst question ever #onlyconnect.’

‘It’s not often I simply say ‘NO. NOPE. ABSOLUTELY NOT. TERRIBLE QUESTION.’ on #OnlyConnect, but that ‘little’ question was one of those times.’; ‘I didn’t understand that question even after it was explained #onlyconnect.’

‘I had LITTLE understanding of that one. #OnlyConnect.’; ‘The ‘little’ question was terrible. #OnlyConnect.’

Victoria explained the answer: ‘What it is, is if you put the word ‘little’ before the first word, you are getting body parts.

‘We might start with clue four. We surely all know the great crossword clue ‘two girls, one on each knee’? Pat. Ella. Patella. The kneecaps are little pans.

‘Mouse, from the Latin ‘mus’. Musculus. Little muscles and we have those throughout the body.

Some viewers struggled with the question too, some some calling it ‘the worst’ on social media

‘The dactylion, that’s a little dactyl, little finger and little swelling – a tubercle from the Latin ‘tuberculum’, which means little swelling.’

It comes after last month, Only Connect viewers were left baffled when they noticed a bizarre change to a host’s appearance halfway through the show.

Victoria welcomed two teams Too Many Cookes vs the Tea Totallers. But as the presenter read out the clues on her cue card her appearance changed just minutes later and eagle-eyed fans noticed. 

In the first few moments Victoria was seen with bright red polish on her nails but when the camera flashed back to her it had been removed. 

Fans shared their thoughts on social media, asking if anyone else had noticed the change. 

They wrote to X: ‘Hang on, how long does it take to film a show. At the beginning you have red nails and then a few moments later they have gone.’

Only Connect airs on BBC Two and is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.