Poople #3092026-06-19
Poople #309: CALF to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from CALF to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #309.
Play Poople #309
#309 CALF
C
A
L
F
Poople #309 answer: CALF to POOP
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Answer path
calf
call
pall
poll
pool
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 4th 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 CALF.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: CALF → CALL — change the 4th letter from F to L.
- Move 2: CALL → PALL — change the 1st letter from C to P.
- Move 3: PALL → POLL — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 4: POLL → POOL — change the 3rd letter from L to O.
- Move 5: POOL → POOP — change the 4th letter from L to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from CALF and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.