Poople #2472026-04-18
Poople #247: BURY to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from BURY to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #247.
Play Poople #247
#247 BURY
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U
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Poople #247 answer: BURY to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
bury
burn
born
boon
boop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 4th 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 BURY.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 2
The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: BURY → BURN — change the 4th letter from Y to N.
- Move 2: BURN → BORN — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 3: BORN → BOON — change the 3rd letter from R to O.
- Move 4: BOON → BOOP — change the 4th letter from N to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from BURY and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.