Poople #119: WITH to POOP

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 WITH.

Moves

6

Difficulty

Hard

Shortest paths

2

The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: WITH → WISH — change the 3rd letter from T to S.
2. Move 2: WISH → WISP — change the 4th letter from H to P.
3. Move 3: WISP → WIMP — change the 3rd letter from S to M.
4. Move 4: WIMP → PIMP — change the 1st letter from W to P.
5. Move 5: PIMP → POMP — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
6. Move 6: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.