Poople #3492026-07-29
Poople #349: MONO to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from MONO to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #349.
Play Poople #349
#349 MONO
M
O
N
O
Poople #349 answer: MONO to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
mono
monk
bonk
book
boop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 4th 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 MONO.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 12
The dictionary has 12 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: MONO → MONK — change the 4th letter from O to K.
- Move 2: MONK → BONK — change the 1st letter from M to B.
- Move 3: BONK → BOOK — change the 3rd letter from N to O.
- Move 4: BOOK → BOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from MONO and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.