Poople #2862026-05-27
Poople #286: CAKE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from CAKE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #286.
Play Poople #286
#286 CAKE
C
A
K
E
Poople #286 answer: CAKE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
cake
coke
poke
pome
pomp
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd 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 CAKE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 9
The dictionary has 9 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: CAKE → COKE — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 2: COKE → POKE — change the 1st letter from C to P.
- Move 3: POKE → POME — change the 3rd letter from K to M.
- Move 4: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 5: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from CAKE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.