Poople #1602026-01-21
Poople #160: ROSY to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from ROSY to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #160.
Play Poople #160
#160 ROSY
R
O
S
Y
Poople #160 answer: ROSY to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
rosy
cosy
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 ROSY.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 4
The dictionary has 4 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: ROSY → COSY — change the 1st letter from R to C.
- Move 2: COSY → COST — change the 4th letter from Y 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 ROSY and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.