Poople #1172025-12-09
Poople #117: APES to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from APES to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #117.
Play Poople #117
#117 APES
A
P
E
S
Poople #117 answer: APES to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
apes
aped
sped
sled
pled
plod
plop
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 4th 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 APES.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: APES → APED — change the 4th letter from S to D.
- Move 2: APED → SPED — change the 1st letter from A to S.
- Move 3: SPED → SLED — change the 2nd letter from P to L.
- Move 4: SLED → PLED — change the 1st letter from S to P.
- Move 5: PLED → PLOD — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
- Move 6: PLOD → PLOP — change the 4th letter from D to P.
- Move 7: PLOP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from L to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from APES and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.