Poople #3452026-07-25
Poople #345: HUGE to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from HUGE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #345.
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#345 HUGE
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Poople #345 answer: HUGE to POOP
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Answer path
huge
hugs
bugs
bogs
boos
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 4th 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 HUGE.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 4
The dictionary has 4 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: HUGE → HUGS — change the 4th letter from E to S.
- Move 2: HUGS → BUGS — change the 1st letter from H to B.
- Move 3: BUGS → BOGS — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 4: BOGS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from G to O.
- Move 5: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from HUGE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.