Poople #2262026-03-28
Poople #226: HAZY to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from HAZY to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #226.
Play Poople #226
#226 HAZY
H
A
Z
Y
Poople #226 answer: HAZY to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
hazy
lazy
lacy
lack
lock
look
loop
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 1st letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 7 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 7 moves from HAZY.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 14
The dictionary has 14 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: HAZY → LAZY — change the 1st letter from H to L.
- Move 2: LAZY → LACY — change the 3rd letter from Z to C.
- Move 3: LACY → LACK — change the 4th letter from Y to K.
- Move 4: LACK → LOCK — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 5: LOCK → LOOK — change the 3rd letter from C to O.
- Move 6: LOOK → LOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 7: LOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from L to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from HAZY and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.