Poople #2512026-04-22
Poople #251: BURR to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from BURR to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #251.
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#251 BURR
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Poople #251 answer: BURR to POOP
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Answer path
burr
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 BURR.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 2
The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: BURR → BURN — change the 4th letter from R 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 BURR and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.