Poople #179: WEPT 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 WEPT.

Moves

6

Difficulty

Hard

Shortest paths

6

The dictionary has 6 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: WEPT → LEPT — change the 1st letter from W to L.
2. Move 2: LEPT → LEFT — change the 3rd letter from P to F.
3. Move 3: LEFT → LOFT — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
4. Move 4: LOFT → LOOT — change the 3rd letter from F to O.
5. Move 5: LOOT → LOOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
6. Move 6: LOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from L to P.