Poople #2092026-03-11
Poople #209: TIDE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from TIDE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #209.
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#209 TIDE
T
I
D
E
Poople #209 answer: TIDE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
tide
time
tome
pome
pomp
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 3rd 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 TIDE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: TIDE → TIME — change the 3rd letter from D to M.
- Move 2: TIME → TOME — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 3: TOME → POME — change the 1st letter from T 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 TIDE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.