Poople #2802026-05-21
Poople #280: PISS to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from PISS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #280.
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#280 PISS
P
I
S
S
Poople #280 answer: PISS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
piss
hiss
hoss
boss
boos
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 6 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 6 moves from PISS.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 20
The dictionary has 20 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: PISS → HISS — change the 1st letter from P to H.
- Move 2: HISS → HOSS — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 3: HOSS → BOSS — change the 1st letter from H to B.
- Move 4: BOSS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from S to O.
- Move 5: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from PISS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.