Poople #1112025-12-03
Poople #111: FAWN to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from FAWN to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #111.
Play Poople #111
#111 FAWN
F
A
W
N
Poople #111 answer: FAWN to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
fawn
dawn
down
gown
goon
goop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st letter.
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 FAWN.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 8
The dictionary has 8 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: FAWN → DAWN — change the 1st letter from F to D.
- Move 2: DAWN → DOWN — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: DOWN → GOWN — change the 1st letter from D to G.
- Move 4: GOWN → GOON — change the 3rd letter from W to O.
- Move 5: GOON → GOOP — change the 4th letter from N to P.
- Move 6: GOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from G to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from FAWN and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.