Poople #2012026-03-03
Poople #201: PONG to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from PONG to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #201.
Play Poople #201
#201 PONG
P
O
N
G
Poople #201 answer: PONG to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
pong
bong
bonk
book
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 PONG.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: PONG → BONG — change the 1st letter from P to B.
- Move 2: BONG → BONK — change the 4th letter from G to K.
- Move 3: BONK → BOOK — change the 3rd letter from N to O.
- Move 4: BOOK → BOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from PONG and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.