Poople #1352025-12-27

Poople #135: SASS to POOP

The shortest 5-step ladder from SASS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #135.

Play Poople #135

#135 SASS

S
A
S
S
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Poople #135 answer: SASS to POOP

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Answer path

sass
bass
boss
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 SASS.

Moves
5
Difficulty
Hard
Shortest paths
1

The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.

  1. Move 1: SASSBASS — change the 1st letter from S to B.
  2. Move 2: BASSBOSS — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
  3. Move 3: BOSSBOOS — change the 3rd letter from S to O.
  4. Move 4: BOOSBOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
  5. Move 5: BOOPPOOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.

This Poople puzzle starts from SASS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.

Poople #135 Answer for 2025-12-27 — SASS to POOP