Poople #1462026-01-07
Poople #146: GIFT to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from GIFT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #146.
Play Poople #146
#146 GIFT
G
I
F
T
Poople #146 answer: GIFT to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
gift
lift
loft
loot
loop
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 GIFT.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: GIFT → LIFT — change the 1st letter from G to L.
- Move 2: LIFT → LOFT — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 3: LOFT → LOOT — change the 3rd letter from F to O.
- Move 4: LOOT → LOOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 5: LOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from L to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from GIFT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.