Poople #173: WRIT to POOP

Path analysis

This route reaches POOP in 6 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 6 moves from WRIT.

Moves

6

Difficulty

Hard

Shortest paths

4

The dictionary has 4 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: WRIT → GRIT — change the 1st letter from W to G.
2. Move 2: GRIT → GRIM — change the 4th letter from T to M.
3. Move 3: GRIM → PRIM — change the 1st letter from G to P.
4. Move 4: PRIM → PROM — change the 3rd letter from I to O.
5. Move 5: PROM → PROP — change the 4th letter from M to P.
6. Move 6: PROP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from R to O.