Poople #3292026-07-09
Poople #329: GRAB to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from GRAB to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #329.
Play Poople #329
#329 GRAB
G
R
A
B
Poople #329 answer: GRAB to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
grab
crab
crap
crop
prop
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 GRAB.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 4
The dictionary has 4 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: GRAB → CRAB — change the 1st letter from G to C.
- Move 2: CRAB → CRAP — change the 4th letter from B to P.
- Move 3: CRAP → CROP — change the 3rd letter from A to O.
- Move 4: CROP → PROP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
- Move 5: PROP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from R to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from GRAB and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.