Poople #272025-09-10
Poople #27: DYES to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from DYES to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #27.
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#27 DYES
D
Y
E
S
Poople #27 answer: DYES to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
dyes
does
doer
door
poor
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd letter.
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 DYES.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 2
The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: DYES → DOES — change the 2nd letter from Y to O.
- Move 2: DOES → DOER — change the 4th letter from S to R.
- Move 3: DOER → DOOR — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
- Move 4: DOOR → POOR — change the 1st letter from D to P.
- Move 5: POOR → POOP — change the 4th letter from R to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from DYES and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.