Poople #1332025-12-25
Poople #133: WELT to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from WELT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #133.
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#133 WELT
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E
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Poople #133 answer: WELT to POOP
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Answer path
welt
belt
bolt
boot
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 WELT.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: WELT → BELT — change the 1st letter from W to B.
- Move 2: BELT → BOLT — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 3: BOLT → BOOT — change the 3rd letter from L to O.
- Move 4: BOOT → BOOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from WELT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.