Poople #3362026-07-16

Poople #336: WARM to POOP

The shortest 6-step ladder from WARM to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #336.

Play Poople #336

#336 WARM

W
A
R
M
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Poople #336 answer: WARM to POOP

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Answer path

warm
worm
dorm
doom
boom
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd letter.

Path analysis

This route reaches POOP in 6 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 6 moves from WARM.

Moves
6
Difficulty
Hard
Shortest paths
20

The dictionary has 20 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

  1. Move 1: WARMWORM — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
  2. Move 2: WORMDORM — change the 1st letter from W to D.
  3. Move 3: DORMDOOM — change the 3rd letter from R to O.
  4. Move 4: DOOMBOOM — change the 1st letter from D to B.
  5. Move 5: BOOMBOOP — change the 4th letter from M to P.
  6. Move 6: BOOPPOOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.

This Poople puzzle starts from WARM and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.

Poople #336 Answer for 2026-07-16 — WARM to POOP