Poople #2062026-03-08
Poople #206: UNIT to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from UNIT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #206.
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#206 UNIT
U
N
I
T
Poople #206 answer: UNIT to POOP
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Answer path
unit
snit
slit
slot
plot
plop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 6 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 6 moves from UNIT.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 10
The dictionary has 10 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: UNIT → SNIT — change the 1st letter from U to S.
- Move 2: SNIT → SLIT — change the 2nd letter from N to L.
- Move 3: SLIT → SLOT — change the 3rd letter from I to O.
- Move 4: SLOT → PLOT — change the 1st letter from S to P.
- Move 5: PLOT → PLOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 6: PLOP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from L to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from UNIT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.