Can you name the proper 5-letter anagrams and word ladder links to climb to the top? by apeminkie

Can you name the proper 5-letter anagrams and word ladder links to climb to the top?

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Enter a 5-letter word in the box below
Correctly named 5-letter words will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Type START to begin. To move ◄ or ► through a chute, the clue's answer is an anagram of the previous one; to move ▲ or ▼ on a ladder, solve the clue by changing one letter of the previous word
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Chutes and Ladders Quiz

by apeminkie

Created May 30, 2011 in Language
Game Plays 2,489

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	rockgolf:	May 30th, 2011 at 22:07 GMT	5 points
	Interesting quiz, but the finish is pretty obscure. How about changing the top 6 rows of the last column as below (use ROT-13 to decode)? ONXRE ▲ Oernq znxre ▲ YNXRE ▲ Xbor, sbe bar ▲ YNLRE ▲ jrqqvat pnxr ▲ Then the anagram clues can point to the left, so column 3 & 4 would become: OERNX \| ◄ funggre ◄ ----------- \| ----------- ------------\| ----------- (Copy & paste this text to ROT13.com to decode.)

	Saints09:	May 30th, 2011 at 22:18 GMT	4 points
	What the hay Rockgolf? How did you figure that out and where did you find that website.

	apeminkie:	May 30th, 2011 at 22:30 GMT	2 points
	@rockgolf - I'm not quite sure I understand what you're suggesting. Do you think the clues leading up to the finishing point are too tricky, or do you think the structure of the final path is too strange?

	rockgolf:	May 30th, 2011 at 23:11 GMT	4 points
	Oh, the path is fine. It's just that getting to the last clueand having the answer be a word that probably 98% of the population would be unfamiliar with is a letdown. With this suggestion the last word is a) common, b) located in the centre column, so the "warnings" on the left 2 columns point right to it.

	rockgolf:	May 30th, 2011 at 23:15 GMT	2 points
	@Saints09: Rot-13 is a very old (20+ years) method of encryption. It's very easy to break (basically each letter in the first half of the alphabet is substituted with the same position in the last half and vice versa). Google found me the website. Neat part about ROT-13 is that the same algorithm is used to both encode and decode.

	apeminkie:	May 31st, 2011 at 00:09 GMT	4 points
	@rockgolf - I'm optimistic in thinking that solvers will enjoy learning a new vocabulary word in the last move (as it's at least guessable, knowing it's an anagram of five letters that are already known), so I'll see what the reception is before I go about changing it. Definitely will be making more puzzles of this style in the future, and I think the next one will be an all-around simple one to be a little easier on the brain.

	BombaySapphire:	May 31st, 2011 at 00:56 GMT	6 points
	@apeminkie: I'm with you keeping things as is. The early statistics indicate that most people who get to the 30th clue will have had enough time to figure out the 31st, obscure as it may be.

	Tahnan:	May 31st, 2011 at 01:50 GMT	4 points
	I think this format has a lot of potential! I'm also not thrilled with the final word, personally, but I agree that it was pretty guessable.

	tiramisucheese:	May 31st, 2011 at 01:54 GMT	2 points
	The structure of the path was wonderful! I loved having to solve almost all the clues before the final one. It was definitely a refreshing change from the typical word ladders.

	Pit_trout:	May 31st, 2011 at 02:20 GMT	4 points
	I love the format, and was fairly OK with the final word, but a bit less happy with having so many unguessable-if-you-don’t-know-them general knowledge questions elsewhere, especially since they were on the main path, not just sidetracks. Several are particularly inaccessible for non-American sporclers (Oscar Meyer bologna??). The more global word-based clues were much nicer :-)

	Flick:	May 31st, 2011 at 04:59 GMT	1 point
	I'm with you on this one Pit_trout. I loved the idea behind the game but was frustrated by the 'inaccessible' clues, particulary as without that knowledge the game comes to an abrupt end.

	apeminkie:	May 31st, 2011 at 18:50 GMT	1 point
	For those of you who enjoyed this puzzle, here's another! http://www.sporcle.com/games/apeminkie/chutes-and-ladders-2

	Saints09:	Jun 4th, 2011 at 22:16 GMT	4 points
	I like how rockgolf always lingers around a quiz he's commented on to answer other people's questions.

	biglar5:	May 11th, 2012 at 23:23 GMT	1 point
	there's a serious dropoff in scores at "ready for anything". Maybe a better clue would be "watchful"?