Poople #1982026-02-28
Poople #198: ARMS to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from ARMS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #198.
Play Poople #198
#198 ARMS
A
R
M
S
Poople #198 answer: ARMS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
arms
aims
dims
doms
dome
pome
pomp
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 2nd letter.
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 ARMS.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 6
The dictionary has 6 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: ARMS → AIMS — change the 2nd letter from R to I.
- Move 2: AIMS → DIMS — change the 1st letter from A to D.
- Move 3: DIMS → DOMS — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 4: DOMS → DOME — change the 4th letter from S to E.
- Move 5: DOME → POME — change the 1st letter from D to P.
- Move 6: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 7: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from ARMS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.