Poople #2082026-03-10
Poople #208: CENT to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from CENT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #208.
Play Poople #208
#208 CENT
C
E
N
T
Poople #208 answer: CENT to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
cent
bent
beat
boat
boot
boop
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 CENT.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 8
The dictionary has 8 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: CENT → BENT — change the 1st letter from C to B.
- Move 2: BENT → BEAT — change the 3rd letter from N to A.
- Move 3: BEAT → BOAT — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 4: BOAT → BOOT — change the 3rd letter from A to O.
- Move 5: BOOT → BOOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from CENT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.