Poople #2142026-03-16
Poople #214: TICK to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from TICK to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #214.
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#214 TICK
T
I
C
K
Poople #214 answer: TICK to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
tick
hick
hock
hook
hoop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st 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 TICK.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 11
The dictionary has 11 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: TICK → HICK — change the 1st letter from T to H.
- Move 2: HICK → HOCK — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 3: HOCK → HOOK — change the 3rd letter from C to O.
- Move 4: HOOK → HOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 5: HOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from H to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from TICK and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.