Poople #1292025-12-21
Poople #129: RIBS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from RIBS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #129.
Play Poople #129
#129 RIBS
R
I
B
S
Poople #129 answer: RIBS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
ribs
bibs
bobs
boos
boop
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 RIBS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: RIBS → BIBS — change the 1st letter from R to B.
- Move 2: BIBS → BOBS — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 3: BOBS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from B to O.
- Move 4: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from RIBS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.