Poople #3012026-06-11
Poople #301: TUNE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from TUNE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #301.
Play Poople #301
#301 TUNE
T
U
N
E
Poople #301 answer: TUNE to POOP
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Answer path
tune
tone
tome
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 TUNE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: TUNE → TONE — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 2: TONE → TOME — change the 3rd letter from N to M.
- Move 3: TOME → POME — change the 1st letter from T 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 TUNE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.