Poople #239: REAM to POOP

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 REAM.

Moves

5

Difficulty

Hard

Shortest paths

5

The dictionary has 5 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: REAM → LEAM — change the 1st letter from R to L.
2. Move 2: LEAM → LOAM — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
3. Move 3: LOAM → LOOM — change the 3rd letter from A to O.
4. Move 4: LOOM → LOOP — change the 4th letter from M to P.
5. Move 5: LOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from L to P.