Poople #2782026-05-19
Poople #278: PACK to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from PACK to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #278.
Play Poople #278
#278 PACK
P
A
C
K
Poople #278 answer: PACK to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
pack
back
bock
book
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 PACK.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 7
The dictionary has 7 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: PACK → BACK — change the 1st letter from P to B.
- Move 2: BACK → BOCK — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: BOCK → BOOK — change the 3rd letter from C to O.
- Move 4: BOOK → BOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from PACK and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.