Poople #1182025-12-10

Poople #118: HART to POOP

The shortest 5-step ladder from HART to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #118.

Play Poople #118

#118 HART

H
A
R
T
start

Poople #118 answer: HART to POOP

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Answer path

hart
halt
holt
hoot
hoop
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 HART.

Moves
5
Difficulty
Hard
Shortest paths
1

The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.

  1. Move 1: HARTHALT — change the 3rd letter from R to L.
  2. Move 2: HALTHOLT — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
  3. Move 3: HOLTHOOT — change the 3rd letter from L to O.
  4. Move 4: HOOTHOOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
  5. Move 5: HOOPPOOP — change the 1st letter from H to P.

This Poople puzzle starts from HART and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.

Poople #118 Answer for 2025-12-10 — HART to POOP