Poople #1412026-01-02
Poople #141: BYTE to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from BYTE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #141.
Play Poople #141
#141 BYTE
B
Y
T
E
Poople #141 answer: BYTE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
byte
bite
bits
bots
boos
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 6 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 6 moves from BYTE.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: BYTE → BITE — change the 2nd letter from Y to I.
- Move 2: BITE → BITS — change the 4th letter from E to S.
- Move 3: BITS → BOTS — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 4: BOTS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from T to O.
- Move 5: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from BYTE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.