Poople #1422026-01-03
Poople #142: JEST to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from JEST to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #142.
Play Poople #142
#142 JEST
J
E
S
T
Poople #142 answer: JEST to POOP
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Answer path
jest
hest
host
hoot
hoop
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 JEST.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 2
The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: JEST → HEST — change the 1st letter from J to H.
- Move 2: HEST → HOST — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 3: HOST → HOOT — change the 3rd letter from S to O.
- Move 4: HOOT → HOOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 5: HOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from H to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from JEST and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.