Poople #1662026-01-27
Poople #166: ATOM to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from ATOM to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #166.
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#166 ATOM
A
T
O
M
Poople #166 answer: ATOM to POOP
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Answer path
atom
atop
stop
slop
plop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 4th 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 ATOM.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: ATOM → ATOP — change the 4th letter from M to P.
- Move 2: ATOP → STOP — change the 1st letter from A to S.
- Move 3: STOP → SLOP — change the 2nd letter from T to L.
- Move 4: SLOP → PLOP — change the 1st letter from S to P.
- Move 5: PLOP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from L to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from ATOM and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.