Poople #2152026-03-17
Poople #215: SWAB to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from SWAB to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #215.
Play Poople #215
#215 SWAB
S
W
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Poople #215 answer: SWAB to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
swab
slab
slob
slop
plop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd 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 SWAB.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 5
The dictionary has 5 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: SWAB → SLAB — change the 2nd letter from W to L.
- Move 2: SLAB → SLOB — change the 3rd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: SLOB → SLOP — change the 4th letter from B to P.
- Move 4: SLOP → PLOP — change the 1st letter from S to P.
- Move 5: PLOP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from L to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from SWAB and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.