Can you name the compound words in this ladder?

created by MrChewypoo

Enter a word in the box below
Correctly named words will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Change one of the component words, alternating which word you change each time (first or second), to create a new compound word that fits the clue. Eg. watchdog -->bulldog -->bullpen -->playpen
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Clue	Compound Word
Severe white weather in winter
A sudden idea, thought or impulse
Controlled and systematic indoctrination
To clean a swimming pool filter
Baseball catcher behind the catcher
Position between 2nd and 3rd
A method of rapid writing
Unrehearsed
Away from the beach drilling
Shell hunter's terrain
Needing Dramamine on a cruise
Child, on their first sleep over
School, after school

Clue	Compound Word
4th of July specialty
A bright bug
Colourful insect, or a swimming stroke
Baby Ruth and this: fresh, guaranteed
Tiramisu essential ingredient (US)
Spotted in the garden
Scrooge says 'Bah…' this
Monotonous, prosaic, blah
This body part catches some waves
To tag for a particular purpose
Paper impression
Victoria or Horseshoe
Skier's delight

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Compound Word Ladder Quiz

by MrChewypoo

Created Mar 21, 2011 in Just For Fun
Featured Mar 28, 2011
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	giveupyet:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 04:09 GMT		21 points
	All I can say is 'Wow.' Deserving of the publish for sure.

	glueyourfingers:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 04:11 GMT		69 points
	I've always thought "brainstorm" meant "to deliberately form possible solutions to a problem through intense thought" or something along those lines.

	halophex:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 04:17 GMT		42 points
	really creative clues! I loved "this body part catches some waves"

	aktraveller:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 04:28 GMT		10 points
	Loved it. Took a bit to get going but once I did it was great fun.

	Pedrocelli:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 06:06 GMT		15 points
	Enjoyed the quiz, thanks, but a bit US-centric. eg: fireworks suggest 4th July to Americans, but suggest 5th November to many, Chinese New Year to many others etc. What on Earth was the Butterfinger answer about - I only got that by closing in from each side?

	slowdown:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 06:58 GMT		8 points
	Scrambling for time, I actually tried bedwetter before I thought of homesick.

	psychochilla:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 07:13 GMT		11 points
	Unique take on word ladders. I really like it! Hoping to see a sequel in the near future. ;)

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	tabbyclaw:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 08:26 GMT		6 points
	The clue leads to the wrong part of speech for 'brainwash'; it's asking for a noun.

	amjones:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 10:21 GMT		33 points
	The second clue is a bad one. It suggests "brainwave," not "brainstorm." Brainstorming is getting a group of people together to find solutions to a problem.

	druhutch:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 10:54 GMT		52 points
	This is a great quiz, but my biggest confusion was the "To clean a swimming pool filter" clue. I'd never heard of that term being used that way and if the clue had been "Why I won't share my soda with you" I'd have gotten it immediately.

	cocky:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 10:56 GMT		15 points
	Love how it loops back around.

	libertine19:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 11:50 GMT		7 points
	a brainstorm is like a focus group for ideas, surely a 'brainwave' is a sudden idea, thought or impulse.

	wondernick:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 12:15 GMT		2 points
	have to agree with pedrocelli a lot of the clues make no sense to non-americans. Two baseball clues (i actually thought the baby ruth was baseball related), a 4th july clue, a US drug (which is even called different names in the US, let along globally according to wikipedia) and a clue which specifies (US) but probably didn't need to.

	chiefyratain:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 12:47 GMT		15 points
	A brainstorm is definitely not a sudden idea,thought or impulse, at least that is not how it's used commonly.

	Lyn_Marie:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 12:59 GMT		9 points
	@libertine19 and others: At first I agreed re brainstorm, but I know I've heard people say (and probably said myself), "I've had a brainstorm." (brainstorm as a noun) when suddenly coming up with an idea of how to accomplish something. A group can brainstorm, but I don't think the group IS a brainstorm... I think it's what the group is trying to do (brainstorm as a verb).

	joshmassey:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 13:09 GMT		7 points
	Great quiz, but I would argue a watermark is not an "impression."

	Koltrane:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 14:26 GMT		10 points
	Well done! I like circular word ladders.

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	ScottEmerson:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 16:31 GMT		3 points
	This one was pretty tricky, and the first one that I worked backwards for most of the quiz. Really enjoyed it, and would like to see another one soon!

	jammanto:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 16:39 GMT		5 points
	Another US-centric answer was ladybug, in the UK and many other countries we call them ladybirds.

	Griffinite:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 16:46 GMT		9 points
	2 baseball answers next to each other doesnt sit too well with me. The 'between 2nd and 3rd' clue just made me think 2.5th? I like the idea of this ladder though.

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	Neilos:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 17:00 GMT		17 points
	A ladybird/ladybug isn't a bird or a bug (true 'bugs' are a different order of insects entirely), so I suppose we're all wrong. If we're to be picky, the little-used 'lady beetle' is the correct name.

	TheNative:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 17:14 GMT		2 points
	Loved the quiz, although I must admit to wasting the first 45 seconds attempted to write out the answers as two words. Duh. Maybe I should learn to read the title of the quiz first. Well, at least I recovered!

	dinkus21300:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 17:17 GMT		6 points
	Well done....let the haters hate...

	MrChewypoo:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 17:27 GMT		15 points
	Sorry it's a little US-centric. Hey! I just had a brainstorm! I'll write a UK ladder: fag fog bog bob cob cor gor gob gib git tit tip lip lap lad led zed And I'm Canadian. Never heard of baseball myself, had to look it up ;) Thanks for playing!

	clapifyoulikeme:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 18:18 GMT		-1 points
	10 seconds to go! Loved it!

	clapifyoulikeme:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 18:22 GMT		22 points
	And those complaining about it being America-centric: I only barely got the baseball ones, and only from filling in around. Not all Americans know about baseball. And while I myself am a tiramisu fan, I promise you, many, many of my friends have no idea what goes in it. And I only got the Butterfinger one, again, by filling in around. There are 300+ million of us. It's a very big, and very diverse country. Even "America-specific" knowledge doesn't mean Americans necessarily have a leg up. I, in New York, could put together a quiz that someone in Mississippi would be baffled by.

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	interstate:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 19:37 GMT		12 points
	#rrafay: "snowstorm" gets over eight million Google hits. It's a common term in both the Northeastern and the Midwestern US, at least.

	interstate:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 19:42 GMT		14 points
	@Ayaraketa and Neilos: since not all of them are female (and none of them are members of the British aristocracy), all three terms are misleading in some way. But I think most people understand that animal names shouldn't be taken too literally. Starfish and jellyfish aren't fish, polecats aren't cats, mountain lions aren't lions, dragonflies aren't flies, sea cucumbers aren't cucumbers, etc.

	cocky:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 21:02 GMT		14 points
	Anybody is free to create a quiz that is biased towards their own ethnic or national background. Write on the is UK-centric, Franco-centirc or Kyrgyz-centric.

	budd:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 23:22 GMT		2 points
	Well, I loved it! Got all correct. Yes I'm American & a baseball fan! Can't wait for the sequel.

	montylaw:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 23:23 GMT		7 points
	Didn't understand the "fresh, guaranteed" part of the Baby Ruth clue. Will somebody please explain it to me - thanks.

	pjromer:	Mar 28th, 2011 at 23:28 GMT		-1 points
	fun quiz! I think you could shorten the time, though. I type like I'm wearing mittens and I still had 2:30 left at the end.:)