Poople #326: JAZZ to POOP

Path analysis

This route reaches POOP in 8 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 8 moves from JAZZ.

Moves

8

Difficulty

Brutal

Shortest paths

5

The dictionary has 5 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: JAZZ → RAZZ — change the 1st letter from J to R.
2. Move 2: RAZZ → RAZE — change the 4th letter from Z to E.
3. Move 3: RAZE → DAZE — change the 1st letter from R to D.
4. Move 4: DAZE → DOZE — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
5. Move 5: DOZE → DOME — change the 3rd letter from Z to M.
6. Move 6: DOME → POME — change the 1st letter from D to P.
7. Move 7: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
8. Move 8: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.