Can you name the four-letter words in this themed word ladder?
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Enter a four-letter word in the box below Correctly named four-letter words will show up below Answers do not have to be guessed in order Enter four-letter words in this themed word ladder, in which the seven men with four-letter last names who have won the Best Actor Oscar appear in chronological order of their (first) win. Also try: Word Ladder: Spider-Man Actress
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Clue Word 1936 Best Actor Oscar winner Small, round, green bean Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav ____ Bric-a-brac Rock music genre Robin Goodfellow, or a black rubber disk 1962 Best Actor Oscar winner Fringe benefit Central or Hyde Role played by an actor Songwriting duo Rodgers and ____ 1985 Best Actor Oscar winner Deliberately abrupt and unfriendly Preserve by salting, drying, or smoking Feel affection or liking 1995 Best Actor Oscar winner Profoundly wise, or a savory herb Droops or slumps Impudence, cheek
Clue Word Belt-like strip of cloth or leather Impulsive or reckless 1996 Best Actor Oscar winner Common door sign in the U.S. Companion of Shrek and Donkey Groaners, 'bad' jokes Composes, as a story or letter 2003 and 2008 Best Actor Oscar winner Part of a hammer Member of the British nobility Suds, brewski Dutch settler of South Africa Rude, unmannerly person Blessing, godsend Pre-reunification German capital Gaunt and angular Adjective often describing Volvo automobiles Sly in character, or sexually attractive 2004 Best Actor Oscar winner
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Word Ladder: Best Actors Quiz
Created Apr 11, 2011 in Just For Fun
Featured Apr 20, 2011 Game Plays 28,455
TimeAndTide : Apr 11th, 2011 at 05:39 GMT 5 points Hope you enjoy this game -- my very first word ladder! Please let me know if the timing or any of the clues need adjusting. Thanks.
BombaySapphire : Apr 11th, 2011 at 06:20 GMT 4 points Sweet ladder!! I'm nitpicking here, but the Federal Republic of Germany still exists, having absorbed the GDR, and having relocated the capital back to Berlin. Perhaps the word "Former" would make the clue politically accurate? (Or a reference to Beethoven's birthplace instead?)
druhutch : Apr 11th, 2011 at 06:36 GMT 7 points First ladder or not, it's a terrific one. I think your time is fine. Nice work.
sproutcm : Apr 11th, 2011 at 06:58 GMT 3 points Wow, putting them in chronological order is quite a constraint. Last year I put all the winners in a ladder but I had no order and did both actors and actresses.
parklife : Apr 11th, 2011 at 08:24 GMT 4 points At the time of writing this comment, the number of people who got the 1936 Oscar winner is exactly the same as the number of people getting the whole thing complete. Which rather suggests that NO-ONE knows who the 1936 winner is, but that you'd have to fill that option in last in order to complete the puzzle!
TimeAndTide : Apr 11th, 2011 at 11:46 GMT 3 points @BombaySapphire: Thanks. Good catch! I changed the clue to "Pre-reunification German capital". @druhutch: Thanks! @sproutcm: Ack! Had no idea the theme had been done before. Apologies for the duplication. @parklife: You're probably right. Too bad, though, because the 1936 movie is a real gem, if a bit dated.
Game published: Apr 20th, 2011 at 04:01 GMT
NY_MOB : Apr 20th, 2011 at 05:43 GMT 9 points Very clever getting all those 4-letter oscar winners in there.
Bobman1 : Apr 20th, 2011 at 06:01 GMT 6 points Yeah, nice job. I usually don't need half the time on word ladders, but this one took every second. So who the heck is the 1936 Oscar winner? Never heard of him/her. Now if the clue was a kind of bond....
Cottia: Apr 20th, 2011 at 07:59 GMT 6 points Really enjoyed this one - nicely challenging. Didn't finish though!
Word_Nerd99 : Apr 20th, 2011 at 09:21 GMT 3 points TimeAndTide:getting compliments off sproutcm must be nice as he is a word ladder legend. any ways, great job!
MrEnglishman : Apr 20th, 2011 at 12:29 GMT 3 points Suds & Brewski had me totally puzzled. I wondered if they were a musical duo... And the hammer part in the UK is spelt with an "EI" in the middle :(
rockgolf : Apr 20th, 2011 at 13:46 GMT 3 points Not only do I love the theme, but these are top-of-the-class clues. Not too obvious, not too obscure. I rarely give 5 orbs to word ladders, but this quiz earned it.
TAR2 : Apr 20th, 2011 at 15:36 GMT 2 points I never knew how to spell "peen", but after some checking, it looks like "pein" is just as acceptable, and not just in the UK.
Ninja_Prawn : Apr 20th, 2011 at 16:42 GMT 1 point My first thought for the volvo one (without any adjacent answers) was 'dull'. I was surprised it wasn't 'safe' though, considering that's the only thing I've heard volvos described as.
9toes : Apr 20th, 2011 at 17:26 GMT 0 points nicely challenging. How could I miss 'peer' when I used to work for one!
GoodRiddance856 : Apr 20th, 2011 at 17:33 GMT 1 point Wow. I definitely read "fringe benefit" as "fridge benefit" and was trying to think of synonyms for cold
TimeAndTide : Apr 20th, 2011 at 18:25 GMT 1 point Cool to see that this quiz was chosen for the daily word ladder! Much thanks to the editors. The down side is that the overall rating has plummeted. Haha ... oh well! Thanks also to the nice comments so far. I'm glad you found this word ladder entertaining and/or informative. Now I've learned something too: I never knew that "peen" could also be spelled "pein" -- thank you MrEnglishman and Tar2 for that tidbit. Bobman1: Paul Muni is a great actor from the 20s-40s. He won his Oscar for playing the title character in "The Story of Louis Pasteur" -- an excellent (if a bit dated) film. Anyway, thanks again everyone.
TheEquivocator : Apr 20th, 2011 at 19:52 GMT 1 point One of the few word ladders I haven't been able to finish. I didn't know MUNG or MUNI; had enough time to guess the first by trying out letters, but not to guess the second.
meeks516 : Apr 20th, 2011 at 20:30 GMT 2 points This one was by far the hardest word latter I've ever done, I didn't even get halfway through.
Colmar : Apr 20th, 2011 at 22:10 GMT 4 points I only got Muni because I ignored the four letter rule and started typing "Frankfurt", "Hamburg" and "Munich" for German capital.
gellchom : Apr 20th, 2011 at 22:49 GMT 1 point Really great job! Good for you. Thanks for a fun quiz.
brambleclaw8 : Apr 21st, 2011 at 01:00 GMT 2 points I thought i knew what impudence meant. I was wrong.
meeks516 : Apr 21st, 2011 at 04:03 GMT 1 point Grrr, *ladder... too much studying, fries your brain. Profs should just test us on sporcle quizzes instead!!!!!
cocky : Apr 21st, 2011 at 10:47 GMT 2 points I've heard of Paul Muni, but never a mung bean.
hnofer17 : Apr 24th, 2011 at 06:52 GMT 2 points This was the hardest word ladder ever...I usually get 100% of them right, but this one I got 6/38!
Mimbleton : Apr 5th, 2012 at 21:04 GMT 2 points Pentaglobular.
