Poople #2882026-05-29
Poople #288: DUNE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from DUNE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #288.
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#288 DUNE
D
U
N
E
Poople #288 answer: DUNE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
dune
done
dome
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 DUNE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: DUNE → DONE — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 2: DONE → DOME — change the 3rd letter from N to M.
- Move 3: DOME → POME — change the 1st letter from D to P.
- 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 DUNE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.