Poople #255: CRIB to POOP

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 CRIB.

Moves

5

Difficulty

Hard

Shortest paths

2

The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: CRIB → CRAB — change the 3rd letter from I to A.
2. Move 2: CRAB → CRAP — change the 4th letter from B to P.
3. Move 3: CRAP → CROP — change the 3rd letter from A to O.
4. Move 4: CROP → PROP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
5. Move 5: PROP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from R to O.