It aired live weekdays from 23 March to 31 July 2009 on Channel 5 and was axed after only one series.

If one of these rounds ended with a tie for low score, a tiebreaker puzzle was played; a correct answer allowed the contestant to advance, while a miss eliminated them.

The high scorer after the Word Ladder round had a chance to win a cash jackpot by finding the correct seven-digit combination to a safe that held a cheque.

They had 90 seconds to solve one puzzle of each of the six types used in the main game, and could play them in any order.

Every solved puzzle filled in the digit that corresponded to it (1 through 6, in the order that the rounds were played in the main game).