Poople #1592026-01-20
Poople #159: HAVE to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from HAVE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #159.
Play Poople #159
#159 HAVE
H
A
V
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Poople #159 answer: HAVE to POOP
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Answer path
have
cave
cove
come
pome
pomp
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 6 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 6 moves from HAVE.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 24
The dictionary has 24 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: HAVE → CAVE — change the 1st letter from H to C.
- Move 2: CAVE → COVE — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: COVE → COME — change the 3rd letter from V to M.
- Move 4: COME → POME — change the 1st letter from C to P.
- Move 5: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 6: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from HAVE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.