Poople #2602026-05-01
Poople #260: EELS to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from EELS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #260.
Play Poople #260
#260 EELS
E
E
L
S
Poople #260 answer: EELS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
eels
gels
geld
gold
good
goop
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 EELS.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: EELS → GELS — change the 1st letter from E to G.
- Move 2: GELS → GELD — change the 4th letter from S to D.
- Move 3: GELD → GOLD — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 4: GOLD → GOOD — change the 3rd letter from L to O.
- Move 5: GOOD → GOOP — change the 4th letter from D to P.
- Move 6: GOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from G to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from EELS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.