Poople #3082026-06-18
Poople #308: QUIZ to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from QUIZ to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #308.
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#308 QUIZ
Q
U
I
Z
Poople #308 answer: QUIZ to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
quiz
quit
suit
slit
slot
plot
plop
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 4th letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 7 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 7 moves from QUIZ.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: QUIZ → QUIT — change the 4th letter from Z to T.
- Move 2: QUIT → SUIT — change the 1st letter from Q to S.
- Move 3: SUIT → SLIT — change the 2nd letter from U to L.
- Move 4: SLIT → SLOT — change the 3rd letter from I to O.
- Move 5: SLOT → PLOT — change the 1st letter from S to P.
- Move 6: PLOT → PLOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 7: PLOP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from L to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from QUIZ and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.