Poople #2942026-06-04
Poople #294: NAIL to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from NAIL to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #294.
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#294 NAIL
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A
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Poople #294 answer: NAIL to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
nail
fail
foil
fool
pool
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 NAIL.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: NAIL → FAIL — change the 1st letter from N to F.
- Move 2: FAIL → FOIL — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: FOIL → FOOL — change the 3rd letter from I to O.
- Move 4: FOOL → POOL — change the 1st letter from F to P.
- Move 5: POOL → POOP — change the 4th letter from L to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from NAIL and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.