Poople #1862026-02-16
Poople #186: LAIR to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from LAIR to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #186.
Play Poople #186
#186 LAIR
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Poople #186 answer: LAIR to POOP
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Answer path
lair
lain
loin
loon
loop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 4th 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 LAIR.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: LAIR → LAIN — change the 4th letter from R to N.
- Move 2: LAIN → LOIN — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: LOIN → LOON — change the 3rd letter from I to O.
- Move 4: LOON → LOOP — change the 4th letter from N to P.
- Move 5: LOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from L to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from LAIR and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.