Poople #242025-09-07
Poople #24: MUCH to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from MUCH to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #24.
Play Poople #24
#24 MUCH
M
U
C
H
Poople #24 answer: MUCH to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
much
muck
buck
bock
book
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 4th 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 MUCH.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 12
The dictionary has 12 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: MUCH → MUCK — change the 4th letter from H to K.
- Move 2: MUCK → BUCK — change the 1st letter from M to B.
- Move 3: BUCK → BOCK — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 4: BOCK → BOOK — change the 3rd letter from C to O.
- Move 5: BOOK → BOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from MUCH and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.