Poople #1762026-02-06
Poople #176: BUOY to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from BUOY to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #176.
Play Poople #176
#176 BUOY
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Poople #176 answer: BUOY to POOP
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Answer path
buoy
bury
burn
born
boon
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 3rd letter.
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 BUOY.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 2
The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: BUOY → BURY — change the 3rd letter from O to R.
- Move 2: BURY → BURN — change the 4th letter from Y to N.
- Move 3: BURN → BORN — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 4: BORN → BOON — change the 3rd letter from R to O.
- Move 5: BOON → BOOP — change the 4th letter from N to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from BUOY and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.