Poople #1902026-02-20
Poople #190: CAFE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from CAFE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #190.
Play Poople #190
#190 CAFE
C
A
F
E
Poople #190 answer: CAFE to POOP
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Answer path
cafe
came
come
pome
pomp
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 3rd 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 CAFE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 5
The dictionary has 5 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: CAFE → CAME — change the 3rd letter from F to M.
- Move 2: CAME → COME — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: COME → POME — change the 1st letter from C to P.
- Move 4: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 5: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from CAFE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.