Poople #3352026-07-15
Poople #335: TEAM to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from TEAM to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #335.
Play Poople #335
#335 TEAM
T
E
A
M
Poople #335 answer: TEAM to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
team
leam
loam
loom
loop
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 TEAM.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 2
The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: TEAM → LEAM — change the 1st letter from T to L.
- Move 2: LEAM → LOAM — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 3: LOAM → LOOM — change the 3rd letter from A to O.
- Move 4: LOOM → LOOP — change the 4th letter from M to P.
- Move 5: LOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from L to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from TEAM and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.