Poople #107: LADY 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 LADY.

Moves

6

Difficulty

Hard

Shortest paths

2

The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: LADY → LACY — change the 3rd letter from D to C.
2. Move 2: LACY → LACK — change the 4th letter from Y to K.
3. Move 3: LACK → LOCK — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
4. Move 4: LOCK → LOOK — change the 3rd letter from C to O.
5. Move 5: LOOK → LOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
6. Move 6: LOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from L to P.