Poople #1522026-01-13
Poople #152: GOSH to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from GOSH to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #152.
Play Poople #152
#152 GOSH
G
O
S
H
Poople #152 answer: GOSH to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
gosh
cosh
cost
coot
coop
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 GOSH.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: GOSH → COSH — change the 1st letter from G to C.
- Move 2: COSH → COST — change the 4th letter from H to T.
- Move 3: COST → COOT — change the 3rd letter from S to O.
- Move 4: COOT → COOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 5: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from GOSH and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.