Poople #104: FAUX to POOP

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 FAUX.

Moves

6

Difficulty

Hard

Shortest paths

3

The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: FAUX → FLUX — change the 2nd letter from A to L.
2. Move 2: FLUX → FLAX — change the 3rd letter from U to A.
3. Move 3: FLAX → FLAP — change the 4th letter from X to P.
4. Move 4: FLAP → PLAP — change the 1st letter from F to P.
5. Move 5: PLAP → PLOP — change the 3rd letter from A to O.
6. Move 6: PLOP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from L to O.