Poople #17: THUG to POOP

Path analysis

This route reaches POOP in 8 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 8 moves from THUG.

Moves

8

Difficulty

Brutal

Shortest paths

1

The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.

1. Move 1: THUG → THUS — change the 4th letter from G to S.
2. Move 2: THUS → THIS — change the 3rd letter from U to I.
3. Move 3: THIS → THIN — change the 4th letter from S to N.
4. Move 4: THIN → CHIN — change the 1st letter from T to C.
5. Move 5: CHIN → CHIP — change the 4th letter from N to P.
6. Move 6: CHIP → CHOP — change the 3rd letter from I to O.
7. Move 7: CHOP → COOP — change the 2nd letter from H to O.
8. Move 8: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.