Poople #2362026-04-07
Poople #236: BUSY to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from BUSY to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #236.
Play Poople #236
#236 BUSY
B
U
S
Y
Poople #236 answer: BUSY to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
busy
bury
burn
born
boon
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 3rd letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 6 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 6 moves from BUSY.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 5
The dictionary has 5 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: BUSY → BURY — change the 3rd letter from S to R.
- Move 2: BURY → BURN — change the 4th letter from Y to N.
- Move 3: BURN → BORN — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 4: BORN → BOON — change the 3rd letter from R to O.
- Move 5: BOON → BOOP — change the 4th letter from N to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from BUSY and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.