Poople #2962026-06-06
Poople #296: REED to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from REED to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #296.
Play Poople #296
#296 REED
R
E
E
D
Poople #296 answer: REED to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
reed
heed
hoed
hood
hoop
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 REED.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: REED → HEED — change the 1st letter from R to H.
- Move 2: HEED → HOED — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 3: HOED → HOOD — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
- Move 4: HOOD → HOOP — change the 4th letter from D to P.
- Move 5: HOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from H to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from REED and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.