Poople #2852026-05-26
Poople #285: MUTE to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from MUTE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #285.
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#285 MUTE
M
U
T
E
Poople #285 answer: MUTE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
mute
cute
cote
come
pome
pomp
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 MUTE.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 18
The dictionary has 18 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: MUTE → CUTE — change the 1st letter from M to C.
- Move 2: CUTE → COTE — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 3: COTE → COME — change the 3rd letter from T to M.
- Move 4: COME → POME — change the 1st letter from C to P.
- Move 5: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 6: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from MUTE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.