Poople #1132025-12-05
Poople #113: RICE to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from RICE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #113.
Play Poople #113
#113 RICE
R
I
C
E
Poople #113 answer: RICE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
rice
dice
dime
dome
pome
pomp
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 RICE.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 17
The dictionary has 17 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: RICE → DICE — change the 1st letter from R to D.
- Move 2: DICE → DIME — change the 3rd letter from C to M.
- Move 3: DIME → DOME — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 4: DOME → POME — change the 1st letter from D to P.
- Move 5: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 6: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from RICE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.