Poople #2582026-04-29
Poople #258: RING to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from RING to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #258.
Play Poople #258
#258 RING
R
I
N
G
Poople #258 answer: RING to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
ring
ding
dong
bong
bonk
book
boop
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 1st letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 7 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 7 moves from RING.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 76
The dictionary has 76 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: RING → DING — change the 1st letter from R to D.
- Move 2: DING → DONG — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 3: DONG → BONG — change the 1st letter from D to B.
- Move 4: BONG → BONK — change the 4th letter from G to K.
- Move 5: BONK → BOOK — change the 3rd letter from N to O.
- Move 6: BOOK → BOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 7: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from RING and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.