Poople #1882026-02-18
Poople #188: GOTH to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from GOTH to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #188.
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#188 GOTH
G
O
T
H
Poople #188 answer: GOTH to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
goth
both
bots
boos
boop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st 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 GOTH.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: GOTH → BOTH — change the 1st letter from G to B.
- Move 2: BOTH → BOTS — change the 4th letter from H to S.
- Move 3: BOTS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from T to O.
- Move 4: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from GOTH and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.