Poople #2132026-03-15
Poople #213: FUEL to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from FUEL to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #213.
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#213 FUEL
F
U
E
L
Poople #213 answer: FUEL to POOP
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Answer path
fuel
full
pull
poll
pool
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 FUEL.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: FUEL → FULL — change the 3rd letter from E to L.
- Move 2: FULL → PULL — change the 1st letter from F to P.
- Move 3: PULL → POLL — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 4: POLL → POOL — change the 3rd letter from L to O.
- Move 5: POOL → POOP — change the 4th letter from L to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from FUEL and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.