Poople #1852026-02-15
Poople #185: TICS to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from TICS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #185.
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#185 TICS
T
I
C
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Poople #185 answer: TICS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
tics
tins
tons
cons
coos
coop
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 TICS.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 17
The dictionary has 17 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: TICS → TINS — change the 3rd letter from C to N.
- Move 2: TINS → TONS — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 3: TONS → CONS — change the 1st letter from T to C.
- Move 4: CONS → COOS — change the 3rd letter from N to O.
- Move 5: COOS → COOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 6: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from TICS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.