Poople #320: DUSK to POOP

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 DUSK.

Moves

6

Difficulty

Hard

Shortest paths

14

The dictionary has 14 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: DUSK → BUSK — change the 1st letter from D to B.
2. Move 2: BUSK → BUCK — change the 3rd letter from S to C.
3. Move 3: BUCK → BOCK — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
4. Move 4: BOCK → BOOK — change the 3rd letter from C to O.
5. Move 5: BOOK → BOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
6. Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.