Poople #1402026-01-01
Poople #140: BULK to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from BULK to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #140.
Play Poople #140
#140 BULK
B
U
L
K
Poople #140 answer: BULK to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
bulk
buck
bock
book
boop
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 BULK.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 4
The dictionary has 4 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: BULK → BUCK — change the 3rd letter from L to C.
- Move 2: BUCK → BOCK — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 3: BOCK → BOOK — change the 3rd letter from C to O.
- Move 4: BOOK → BOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from BULK and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.