Poople #1552026-01-16
Poople #155: BUNS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from BUNS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #155.
Play Poople #155
#155 BUNS
B
U
N
S
Poople #155 answer: BUNS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
buns
bubs
bobs
boos
boop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 3rd 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 BUNS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 7
The dictionary has 7 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: BUNS → BUBS — change the 3rd letter from N to B.
- Move 2: BUBS → BOBS — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 3: BOBS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from B to O.
- Move 4: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from BUNS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.