Poople #3232026-07-03
Poople #323: HUES to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from HUES to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #323.
Play Poople #323
#323 HUES
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Poople #323 answer: HUES to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
hues
hoes
hoed
hood
hoop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd 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 HUES.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: HUES → HOES — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 2: HOES → HOED — change the 4th letter from S to D.
- Move 3: HOED → HOOD — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
- Move 4: HOOD → HOOP — change the 4th letter from D to P.
- Move 5: HOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from H to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from HUES and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.