Poople #1272025-12-19
Poople #127: PEAK to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from PEAK to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #127.
Play Poople #127
#127 PEAK
P
E
A
K
Poople #127 answer: PEAK to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
peak
peek
peep
prep
prop
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 PEAK.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: PEAK → PEEK — change the 3rd letter from A to E.
- Move 2: PEEK → PEEP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 3: PEEP → PREP — change the 2nd letter from E to R.
- Move 4: PREP → PROP — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
- Move 5: PROP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from R to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from PEAK and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.