Poople #2522026-04-23
Poople #252: MUTT to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from MUTT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #252.
Play Poople #252
#252 MUTT
M
U
T
T
Poople #252 answer: MUTT to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
mutt
butt
buts
bots
boos
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st 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 MUTT.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 10
The dictionary has 10 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: MUTT → BUTT — change the 1st letter from M to B.
- Move 2: BUTT → BUTS — change the 4th letter from T to S.
- Move 3: BUTS → BOTS — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 4: BOTS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from T to O.
- Move 5: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from MUTT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.