Poople #2312026-04-02
Poople #231: SWAT to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from SWAT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #231.
Play Poople #231
#231 SWAT
S
W
A
T
Poople #231 answer: SWAT to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
swat
slat
plat
plot
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 SWAT.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 8
The dictionary has 8 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: SWAT → SLAT — change the 2nd letter from W to L.
- Move 2: SLAT → PLAT — change the 1st letter from S to P.
- Move 3: PLAT → PLOT — change the 3rd letter from A to O.
- Move 4: PLOT → PLOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 5: PLOP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from L to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from SWAT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.