Poople #1442026-01-05
Poople #144: MULE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from MULE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #144.
Play Poople #144
#144 MULE
M
U
L
E
Poople #144 answer: MULE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
mule
mole
pole
pome
pomp
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd 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 MULE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: MULE → MOLE — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 2: MOLE → POLE — change the 1st letter from M to P.
- Move 3: POLE → POME — change the 3rd letter from L to M.
- Move 4: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 5: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from MULE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.