Poople #2452026-04-16
Poople #245: VOID to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from VOID to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #245.
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#245 VOID
V
O
I
D
Poople #245 answer: VOID to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
void
roid
rood
good
goop
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 VOID.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: VOID → ROID — change the 1st letter from V to R.
- Move 2: ROID → ROOD — change the 3rd letter from I to O.
- Move 3: ROOD → GOOD — change the 1st letter from R to G.
- Move 4: GOOD → GOOP — change the 4th letter from D to P.
- Move 5: GOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from G to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from VOID and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.