Poople #226: HAZY to POOP

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.

1. Move 1: HAZY → LAZY — change the 1st letter from H to L.
2. Move 2: LAZY → LACY — change the 3rd letter from Z to C.
3. Move 3: LACY → LACK — change the 4th letter from Y to K.
4. Move 4: LACK → LOCK — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
5. Move 5: LOCK → LOOK — change the 3rd letter from C to O.
6. Move 6: LOOK → LOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
7. Move 7: LOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from L to P.