Poople #3172026-06-27
Poople #317: NETS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from NETS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #317.
Play Poople #317
#317 NETS
N
E
T
S
Poople #317 answer: NETS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
nets
bets
bots
boos
boop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st 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 NETS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: NETS → BETS — change the 1st letter from N to B.
- Move 2: BETS → BOTS — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 3: BOTS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from T to O.
- Move 4: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from NETS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.