Dodge Duck Dip Dive Dodge Solution

What is it?

Washington Trail Part 4 is a word-transformation puzzle. There are five transformations possible, and teams need to learn how they work by doing an initial exploration phase.

Part 1

In the exploration phase they just need to successfully enter each action (sneak, crouch, dodge, roll, wait) at least once to be able to move on to the next round. This is pretty much a tutorial so that they can learn what each action does.

Part 2

Once they clear the exploration phase, there is a set of timed challenges they must clear. They will need to clear five rounds - two "round 1" challenges, two "round 2" challenges, and one "round 3" challenge, all chosen from a master list of 10 total (4xRound 1, 4xRound 2, 2xRound 3).

Unlike in Part 1, the game won't give them feedback about what word the actions create. They need to enter a complete list of actions that get it from the start word to the end word.

Teams will likely fail repeatedly and need to collect the various challenges, solve them offline, and enter them into the app pre-fab once they know what they're doing.

What are the transforms?

Sneak: CHANGE ONE LETTER

Crouch: DROP A LETTER

Dodge: ANTONYM

Roll: ANAGRAM

Wait: HOMOPHONE

Solution

Note: We programmatically detect other answers than the ones listed below. If you are contacted by a team with other solutions, use your best judgement on whether or not it is acceptable. If yes, feel free to give an equivalent answer from the tables below.

Level 1

HUSH > RUSEsneak,sneakHUSH > RUSH > RUSE
GOLD > YOUNGcrouch,dodgeGOLD > OLD > YOUNG
ALL > LAWsneak,rollALL > AWL > LAW
IT > EYEcrouch,waitIT > I > EYE

Level 2

BORED > SOARcrouch,sneak,wait or wait,crouch,sneakBORED > BORE > SORE > SOAR
or BORED > BOARD > BOAR > SOAR
ONE > NOTwait,sneak,roll or roll,sneak,sneak or wait,roll,sneak

ONE > WON > TON > NOT
ONE > EON > TON > NOT

ONE > WON > NOW > NOT

EYES > KNOWcrouch,dodge,waitEYES > YES > NO > KNOW
BOTTOM > TWOdodge,sneak,wait or dodge,crouch,waitBOTTOM > TOP > TOO > TWO
BOTTOM > TOP > TO > TWO

Level 3

SEVEN > SENSEcrouch,wait,sneak,roll,waitSEVEN > SEEN > SCENE > SCENT > CENTS > SENSE
TASTE > HEIGHTsneak,wait,crouch,wait,sneakTASTE > WASTE > WAIST > WAIT > WEIGHT > HEIGHT

Hinting

  • Make sure they've identified what each command means
  • If the time limit is a struggle, they can fallback and work on them separately
  • We need the shortest possible answer so any additional unneeded steps are not acceptable