Poople #3222026-07-02
Poople #322: NANO to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from NANO to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #322.
Play Poople #322
#322 NANO
N
A
N
O
Poople #322 answer: NANO to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
nano
mano
mono
monk
bonk
book
boop
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 1st 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 NANO.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 12
The dictionary has 12 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: NANO → MANO — change the 1st letter from N to M.
- Move 2: MANO → MONO — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: MONO → MONK — change the 4th letter from O to K.
- Move 4: MONK → BONK — change the 1st letter from M to B.
- Move 5: BONK → BOOK — change the 3rd letter from N to O.
- Move 6: BOOK → BOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 7: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from NANO and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.