Poople #2242026-03-26
Poople #224: LANE to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from LANE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #224.
Play Poople #224
#224 LANE
L
A
N
E
Poople #224 answer: LANE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
lane
bane
bone
bonk
book
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st letter.
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 LANE.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 51
The dictionary has 51 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: LANE → BANE — change the 1st letter from L to B.
- Move 2: BANE → BONE — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: BONE → BONK — change the 4th letter from E to K.
- Move 4: BONK → BOOK — change the 3rd letter from N to O.
- Move 5: BOOK → BOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from LANE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.