Poople #2032026-03-05
Poople #203: SAWS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from SAWS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #203.
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#203 SAWS
S
A
W
S
Poople #203 answer: SAWS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
saws
caws
cows
coos
coop
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 SAWS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: SAWS → CAWS — change the 1st letter from S to C.
- Move 2: CAWS → COWS — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: COWS → COOS — change the 3rd letter from W to O.
- Move 4: COOS → COOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from SAWS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.