Can you name the rungs of this 4-letter themed word ladder?
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Enter an answer in the box below Correctly named answers will show up below Answers do not have to be guessed in order Also try: Word Ladder: Movies and Television The starred answers are almost all of the Saturday Night Live credited cast members - past and present, repertory and featured - with 4-letter last names, listed in chronological order by starting year.
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Word Ladder: SNL Cast Quiz
Created May 31, 2011 in Just For Fun
Featured Dec 16, 2011 Game Plays 25,539
TimeAndTide : May 31st, 2011 at 23:26 GMT 2 points I hope you enjoyed this word ladder. Constructive comments on the words, clues, timing, look, and difficulty level are greatly appreciated.
gstntb26 : Jun 1st, 2011 at 00:40 GMT 0 points It's fun! You worked a lot of cast members in there, good job. I don't understand the clue for "Wine" though...?
TimeAndTide : Jun 1st, 2011 at 01:00 GMT 1 point Thanks, gstntb26, glad you liked it. The expression "wine, women, and song" is a cliche describing an indulgent, hedonistic lifestyle. But given that the expression may be more obscure than I think, I changed the clue for WINE to 'Shiraz or chablis'. Less interesting, in my book, but more straightforward. Thanks for the feedback.
COWScot : Jun 1st, 2011 at 01:08 GMT 0 points Well done!
Tahnan : Jun 1st, 2011 at 01:40 GMT 1 point Very nicely constructed; very clean, except perhaps for changing the same letter twice around "* Horatio ___ *", but that's pretty unavoidable. Also, the classic-SNL fan in me was sorry not to see one of the words clued as "Jesse Jackson game show, 'The Question is ____'" (if you don't know it, look it up, it's worth seeing).
TimeAndTide : Jun 1st, 2011 at 02:37 GMT 3 points Thanks, COWScot and Tahnan. Yes, I'm definitely not a fan of consecutive changes in the same slot, but I couldn't find a clean, clear way to avoid it for either SANZ or DUNN. And since they're theme words, I decided the repeat change was acceptable. (For DUNN, I did try going to GUNN (as in Project Runway consultant Tim Gunn) or NUNN (as in former GA Sen. Sam Nunn), but those just led into some pretty convoluted progressions. And besides, I thought those entries were a bit too obscure.) My apologies to the true purists out there who can't abide a repeat change.
Game published: Dec 16th, 2011 at 04:01 GMT
rockgolf : Dec 16th, 2011 at 12:54 GMT 3 points Nice cluing. Not the usual 1st definition in the dictionary stuff. I'm impressed.
Blimpyboy : Dec 16th, 2011 at 13:19 GMT 2 points The fact that most of the 4-letter SNL cast members are so obscure actually makes this quiz a lot more challenging and fun than it would be otherwise. Other than Chris (90-93) and Kristen (05-present), they don't really spring to mind when you think of SNL.
Bob91351 : Dec 16th, 2011 at 14:25 GMT 1 point Nice clues and enough obscurity to make one think... But you should shave a minute or two off the time.
caramba : Dec 16th, 2011 at 15:36 GMT 3 points Surprised that Norah Dunn is missing as she was a fairly longtime cast member. And she could have been wedged somewhere between DUNE and DUNK (although it violates Word Ladder etiquette.) Horatio Sanz is the only other 4 letter missing.
baseball100 : Dec 16th, 2011 at 15:38 GMT 0 points Great.
caramba : Dec 16th, 2011 at 15:42 GMT 3 points Now that I look closer, I'm guessing that DUNN was removed from between DUNE/DUNK and SANZ was taken out of SAND/SANE to meet word ladder standards. I would have left them in, with a disclaimer.
xolkan : Dec 17th, 2011 at 00:33 GMT 1 point nooooooooooooooo, ran out of time typing in Wolf.
TimeAndTide : Dec 17th, 2011 at 03:54 GMT 4 points @caramba: I *did* leave them in. For the months that it was unpublished, it had DUNN and SANZ exactly where you'd expect them. Have a look at my final comment on June 1st, 2011. Unfortunately the editors must have overruled me and changed the quiz before publishing. I kinda wish they hadn't, but oh well.
TimeAndTide : Dec 17th, 2011 at 04:02 GMT 1 point @rockgolf, @Bob91351: Thanks, glad you like them. As you can probably tell, I'm a big crossword enthusiast.
freaky69az : Dec 17th, 2011 at 05:56 GMT 1 point I remember Rich Hall doing Sniglets on HBO - words that should be in the dictionary but aren't. My favorite was "yinkel" - a man who combs the hair over his bald spot to try to hide it.
caramba : Dec 17th, 2011 at 06:10 GMT 2 points @freaky69az : Believe it or not, there is a Sniglets quiz on Sporcle.
Happ_Hazzard : Sep 12th, 2012 at 19:46 GMT -2 points This is US-centric. Saturday Night Live is hardly shown outside of the US nowadays. And it hasn't produced a mainstream star since Mike Myers.
TimeAndTide : Sep 15th, 2012 at 17:41 GMT 3 points Yes, it is US-centric. So? It's pretty clear from the quiz title and instructions that it's about SNL. That should be a big clue to anyone who doesn't know much about SNL to walk on by.
