Poople #2752026-05-16
Poople #275: PITS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from PITS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #275.
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#275 PITS
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Poople #275 answer: PITS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
pits
bits
bots
boos
boop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st 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 PITS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: PITS → BITS — change the 1st letter from P to B.
- Move 2: BITS → BOTS — change the 2nd letter from I 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 PITS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.