Poople #1062025-11-28
Poople #106: HARE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from HARE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #106.
Play Poople #106
#106 HARE
H
A
R
E
Poople #106 answer: HARE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
hare
pare
pore
pome
pomp
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 5 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 5 moves from HARE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: HARE → PARE — change the 1st letter from H to P.
- Move 2: PARE → PORE — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: PORE → POME — change the 3rd letter from R to M.
- Move 4: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 5: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from HARE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.