Poople #1622026-01-23
Poople #162: RIGS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from RIGS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #162.
Play Poople #162
#162 RIGS
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I
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Poople #162 answer: RIGS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
rigs
cigs
cogs
coos
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 RIGS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: RIGS → CIGS — change the 1st letter from R to C.
- Move 2: CIGS → COGS — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 3: COGS → COOS — change the 3rd letter from G to O.
- Move 4: COOS → COOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from RIGS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.