Poople #3522026-08-01
Poople #352: CANE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from CANE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #352.
Play Poople #352
#352 CANE
C
A
N
E
Poople #352 answer: CANE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
cane
cone
come
pome
pomp
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd 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 CANE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 11
The dictionary has 11 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: CANE → CONE — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 2: CONE → COME — change the 3rd letter from N to M.
- Move 3: COME → POME — change the 1st letter from C to P.
- 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 CANE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.