Poople #3102026-06-20
Poople #310: TEAK to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from TEAK to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #310.
Play Poople #310
#310 TEAK
T
E
A
K
Poople #310 answer: TEAK to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
teak
beak
beck
bock
book
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st 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 TEAK.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 18
The dictionary has 18 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: TEAK → BEAK — change the 1st letter from T to B.
- Move 2: BEAK → BECK — change the 3rd letter from A to C.
- Move 3: BECK → BOCK — change the 2nd letter from E 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 TEAK and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.