Poople #3412026-07-21
Poople #341: NEST to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from NEST to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #341.
Play Poople #341
#341 NEST
N
E
S
T
Poople #341 answer: NEST to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
nest
hest
host
hoot
hoop
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 NEST.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 2
The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: NEST → HEST — change the 1st letter from N to H.
- Move 2: HEST → HOST — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 3: HOST → HOOT — change the 3rd letter from S to O.
- Move 4: HOOT → HOOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 5: HOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from H to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from NEST and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.