Poople #1262025-12-18
Poople #126: MYTH to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from MYTH to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #126.
Play Poople #126
#126 MYTH
M
Y
T
H
Poople #126 answer: MYTH to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
myth
moth
both
bots
boos
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd letter.
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 MYTH.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: MYTH → MOTH — change the 2nd letter from Y to O.
- Move 2: MOTH → BOTH — change the 1st letter from M to B.
- Move 3: BOTH → BOTS — change the 4th letter from H to S.
- Move 4: BOTS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from T to O.
- Move 5: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from MYTH and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.