Poople #1252025-12-17
Poople #125: WELD to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from WELD to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #125.
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#125 WELD
W
E
L
D
Poople #125 answer: WELD to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
weld
geld
gold
good
goop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st 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 WELD.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 2
The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: WELD → GELD — change the 1st letter from W to G.
- Move 2: GELD → GOLD — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 3: GOLD → GOOD — change the 3rd letter from L to O.
- Move 4: GOOD → GOOP — change the 4th letter from D to P.
- Move 5: GOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from G to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from WELD and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.