Poople #1032025-11-25
Poople #103: OUCH to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from OUCH to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #103.
Play Poople #103
#103 OUCH
O
U
C
H
Poople #103 answer: OUCH to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
ouch
much
muck
buck
bock
book
boop
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 1st letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 7 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 7 moves from OUCH.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 19
The dictionary has 19 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: OUCH → MUCH — change the 1st letter from O to M.
- Move 2: MUCH → MUCK — change the 4th letter from H to K.
- Move 3: MUCK → BUCK — change the 1st letter from M to B.
- Move 4: BUCK → BOCK — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 5: BOCK → BOOK — change the 3rd letter from C to O.
- Move 6: BOOK → BOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 7: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from OUCH and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.