Poople #3542026-08-03
Poople #354: TILT to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from TILT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #354.
Play Poople #354
#354 TILT
T
I
L
T
Poople #354 answer: TILT to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
tilt
hilt
holt
hoot
hoop
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 TILT.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 4
The dictionary has 4 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: TILT → HILT — change the 1st letter from T to H.
- Move 2: HILT → HOLT — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 3: HOLT → HOOT — change the 3rd letter from L to O.
- Move 4: HOOT → HOOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 5: HOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from H to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from TILT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.