Poople #2642026-05-05
Poople #264: QUID to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from QUID to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #264.
Play Poople #264
#264 QUID
Q
U
I
D
Poople #264 answer: QUID to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
quid
quit
suit
slit
slot
plot
plop
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 4th 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 QUID.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: QUID → QUIT — change the 4th letter from D to T.
- Move 2: QUIT → SUIT — change the 1st letter from Q to S.
- Move 3: SUIT → SLIT — change the 2nd letter from U to L.
- Move 4: SLIT → SLOT — change the 3rd letter from I to O.
- Move 5: SLOT → PLOT — change the 1st letter from S to P.
- Move 6: PLOT → PLOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 7: PLOP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from L to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from QUID and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.