Poople #2342026-04-05
Poople #234: BURL to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from BURL to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #234.
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#234 BURL
B
U
R
L
Poople #234 answer: BURL to POOP
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Answer path
burl
purl
pull
poll
pool
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st 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 BURL.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 5
The dictionary has 5 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: BURL → PURL — change the 1st letter from B to P.
- Move 2: PURL → PULL — change the 3rd letter from R to L.
- Move 3: PULL → POLL — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 4: POLL → POOL — change the 3rd letter from L to O.
- Move 5: POOL → POOP — change the 4th letter from L to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from BURL and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.