Poople #2212026-03-23
Poople #221: WERE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from WERE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #221.
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#221 WERE
W
E
R
E
Poople #221 answer: WERE to POOP
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Answer path
were
wore
pore
pome
pomp
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 WERE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: WERE → WORE — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 2: WORE → PORE — change the 1st letter from W to P.
- Move 3: PORE → POME — change the 3rd letter from R to M.
- 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 WERE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.