Poople #1232025-12-15
Poople #123: DUES to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from DUES to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #123.
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#123 DUES
D
U
E
S
Poople #123 answer: DUES to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
dues
does
doer
door
poor
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd 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 DUES.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: DUES → DOES — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 2: DOES → DOER — change the 4th letter from S to R.
- Move 3: DOER → DOOR — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
- Move 4: DOOR → POOR — change the 1st letter from D to P.
- Move 5: POOR → POOP — change the 4th letter from R to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from DUES and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.