Poople #1642026-01-25
Poople #164: CITE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from CITE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #164.
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#164 CITE
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Poople #164 answer: CITE to POOP
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Answer path
cite
cote
come
pome
pomp
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd 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 CITE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 4
The dictionary has 4 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: CITE → COTE — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 2: COTE → COME — change the 3rd letter from T to M.
- Move 3: COME → POME — change the 1st letter from C to P.
- Move 4: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 5: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from CITE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.