Poople #1002025-11-22
Poople #100: WADE to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from WADE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #100.
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#100 WADE
W
A
D
E
Poople #100 answer: WADE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
wade
bade
bode
bods
boos
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 6 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 6 moves from WADE.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 9
The dictionary has 9 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: WADE → BADE — change the 1st letter from W to B.
- Move 2: BADE → BODE — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: BODE → BODS — change the 4th letter from E to S.
- Move 4: BODS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from D to O.
- Move 5: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from WADE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.