Poople #1992026-03-01
Poople #199: ROVE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from ROVE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #199.
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#199 ROVE
R
O
V
E
Poople #199 answer: ROVE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
rove
cove
come
pome
pomp
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 ROVE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 9
The dictionary has 9 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: ROVE → COVE — change the 1st letter from R to C.
- Move 2: COVE → COME — change the 3rd letter from V to M.
- 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 ROVE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.