Poople #1122025-12-04
Poople #112: PEAS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from PEAS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #112.
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#112 PEAS
P
E
A
S
Poople #112 answer: PEAS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
peas
pees
peep
prep
prop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 3rd 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 PEAS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: PEAS → PEES — change the 3rd letter from A to E.
- Move 2: PEES → PEEP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 3: PEEP → PREP — change the 2nd letter from E to R.
- Move 4: PREP → PROP — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
- Move 5: PROP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from R to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from PEAS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.