Poople #3472026-07-27
Poople #347: SLUM to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from SLUM to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #347.
Play Poople #347
#347 SLUM
S
L
U
M
Poople #347 answer: SLUM to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
slum
glum
glom
glop
plop
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 SLUM.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 7
The dictionary has 7 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: SLUM → GLUM — change the 1st letter from S to G.
- Move 2: GLUM → GLOM — change the 3rd letter from U to O.
- Move 3: GLOM → GLOP — change the 4th letter from M to P.
- Move 4: GLOP → PLOP — change the 1st letter from G to P.
- Move 5: PLOP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from L to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from SLUM and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.