Poople #2382026-04-09
Poople #238: LAME to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from LAME to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #238.
Play Poople #238
#238 LAME
L
A
M
E
Poople #238 answer: LAME to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
lame
came
come
pome
pomp
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 LAME.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 14
The dictionary has 14 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: LAME → CAME — change the 1st letter from L to C.
- Move 2: CAME → COME — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: COME → POME — change the 1st letter from C to P.
- Move 4: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 5: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from LAME and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.