Poople #1682026-01-29
Poople #168: PINE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from PINE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #168.
Play Poople #168
#168 PINE
P
I
N
E
Poople #168 answer: PINE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
pine
pike
poke
pome
pomp
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 3rd 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 PINE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 5
The dictionary has 5 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: PINE → PIKE — change the 3rd letter from N to K.
- Move 2: PIKE → POKE — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 3: POKE → POME — change the 3rd letter from K to M.
- 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 PINE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.