Poople #112025-08-25
Poople #11: OPUS to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from OPUS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #11.
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#11 OPUS
O
P
U
S
Poople #11 answer: OPUS to POOP
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Answer path
opus
opts
oats
bats
bots
boos
boop
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 3rd 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 OPUS.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 4
The dictionary has 4 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: OPUS → OPTS — change the 3rd letter from U to T.
- Move 2: OPTS → OATS — change the 2nd letter from P to A.
- Move 3: OATS → BATS — change the 1st letter from O to B.
- Move 4: BATS → BOTS — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 5: BOTS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from T to O.
- Move 6: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 7: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from OPUS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.