Poople #2712026-05-12
Poople #271: BUTT to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from BUTT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #271.
Play Poople #271
#271 BUTT
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Poople #271 answer: BUTT to POOP
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Answer path
butt
buts
bots
boos
boop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 4th 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 BUTT.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: BUTT → BUTS — change the 4th letter from T to S.
- Move 2: BUTS → BOTS — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 3: BOTS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from T to O.
- Move 4: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from BUTT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.