Poople #3022026-06-12
Poople #302: SUCH to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from SUCH to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #302.
Play Poople #302
#302 SUCH
S
U
C
H
Poople #302 answer: SUCH to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
such
suck
buck
bock
book
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 4th letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 6 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 6 moves from SUCH.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 7
The dictionary has 7 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: SUCH → SUCK — change the 4th letter from H to K.
- Move 2: SUCK → BUCK — change the 1st letter from S to B.
- Move 3: BUCK → BOCK — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 4: BOCK → BOOK — change the 3rd letter from C to O.
- Move 5: BOOK → BOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from SUCH and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.