Poople #122025-08-26
Poople #12: SAKE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from SAKE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #12.
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#12 SAKE
S
A
K
E
Poople #12 answer: SAKE to POOP
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Answer path
sake
same
some
pome
pomp
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 SAKE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: SAKE → SAME — change the 3rd letter from K to M.
- Move 2: SAME → SOME — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: SOME → POME — change the 1st letter from S to P.
- Move 4: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 5: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from SAKE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.