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Start file

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

End file

The quick lazy dog jumps over the brown fox.

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> The quick lazy dog jumps over the brown fox.

Solutions

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

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2139 active golfers, 7952 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#241 - Alexey Filonenko / @BrightOne_LS

01/07/2017 at 10:18PM

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#242 - Social Botolinum / @SocialBot4

01/08/2017 at 01:07PM

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01/23/2017 at 07:30AM

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01/23/2017 at 02:57PM

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#245 - Marc-André Brière / @TiMarc2010

01/25/2017 at 03:48AM

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#246 - Birger / @Birger_Ni

01/26/2017 at 01:42PM

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02/06/2017 at 02:32AM

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#248 - setNull / @dadaojiemo

02/06/2017 at 03:53AM

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#249 - Miłosz Łakomy / @foobar01123

02/15/2017 at 04:36PM

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#250 - Lubinator / @Lubinator2

02/20/2017 at 08:52PM

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02/21/2017 at 11:53AM

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02/22/2017 at 03:33PM

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#253 - Vimgolf / @vimgolf987

02/27/2017 at 04:08AM

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#254 - Cheer / @yougec

02/27/2017 at 09:19AM

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#255 - Nick Spoon / @be_the_spoon

03/08/2017 at 09:41AM

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#256 - Gkratsia Tantilian / @Gkratsia

03/08/2017 at 09:47AM

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#257 - Jan Liu / @Jagsomarjan

03/10/2017 at 10:34AM

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#258 - Andre Cato / @DreBear800

03/12/2017 at 04:11AM

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03/22/2017 at 09:42PM

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03/24/2017 at 08:17AM

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03/30/2017 at 11:44AM

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#268 - Will Clardy / @quexxon

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04/21/2017 at 12:22PM