Poople #21: SIZE to POOP

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 SIZE.

Moves

6

Difficulty

Hard

Shortest paths

2

The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: SIZE → SIRE — change the 3rd letter from Z to R.
2. Move 2: SIRE → SORE — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
3. Move 3: SORE → PORE — change the 1st letter from S to P.
4. Move 4: PORE → POME — change the 3rd letter from R to M.
5. Move 5: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
6. Move 6: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.