Poople #1702026-01-31

Poople #170: SAVE to POOP

The shortest 5-step ladder from SAVE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #170.

Play Poople #170

#170 SAVE

S
A
V
E
start

Poople #170 answer: SAVE to POOP

Hidden

Answer path

save
same
some
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 SAVE.

Moves
5
Difficulty
Hard
Shortest paths
1

The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.

  1. Move 1: SAVESAME — change the 3rd letter from V to M.
  2. Move 2: SAMESOME — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
  3. Move 3: SOMEPOME — change the 1st letter from S to P.
  4. Move 4: POMEPOMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
  5. Move 5: POMPPOOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.

This Poople puzzle starts from SAVE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.

Poople #170 Answer for 2026-01-31 — SAVE to POOP