Poople #187: ANEW to POOP

Path analysis

This route reaches POOP in 7 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 7 moves from ANEW.

Moves

7

Difficulty

Brutal

Shortest paths

2

The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: ANEW → KNEW — change the 1st letter from A to K.
2. Move 2: KNEW → KNOW — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
3. Move 3: KNOW → SNOW — change the 1st letter from K to S.
4. Move 4: SNOW → SLOW — change the 2nd letter from N to L.
5. Move 5: SLOW → PLOW — change the 1st letter from S to P.
6. Move 6: PLOW → PLOP — change the 4th letter from W to P.
7. Move 7: PLOP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from L to O.