Poople #109: DUDE 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 DUDE.

Moves

6

Difficulty

Hard

Shortest paths

5

The dictionary has 5 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: DUDE → DUKE — change the 3rd letter from D to K.
2. Move 2: DUKE → PUKE — change the 1st letter from D to P.
3. Move 3: PUKE → POKE — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
4. Move 4: POKE → POME — change the 3rd letter from K to M.
5. Move 5: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
6. Move 6: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.