Poople #3432026-07-23
Poople #343: TILE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from TILE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #343.
Play Poople #343
#343 TILE
T
I
L
E
Poople #343 answer: TILE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
tile
pile
pole
pome
pomp
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 TILE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 12
The dictionary has 12 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: TILE → PILE — change the 1st letter from T to P.
- Move 2: PILE → POLE — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 3: POLE → POME — change the 3rd letter from L to M.
- Move 4: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 5: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from TILE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.