Poople #232: LEVY to POOP

Path analysis

This route reaches POOP in 8 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 8 moves from LEVY.

Moves

8

Difficulty

Brutal

Shortest paths

8

The dictionary has 8 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: LEVY → LEVA — change the 4th letter from Y to A.
2. Move 2: LEVA → LAVA — change the 2nd letter from E to A.
3. Move 3: LAVA → LAMA — change the 3rd letter from V to M.
4. Move 4: LAMA → LIMA — change the 2nd letter from A to I.
5. Move 5: LIMA → LIMP — change the 4th letter from A to P.
6. Move 6: LIMP → PIMP — change the 1st letter from L to P.
7. Move 7: PIMP → POMP — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
8. Move 8: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.