Poople #3562026-08-05
Poople #356: HUGS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from HUGS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #356.
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#356 HUGS
H
U
G
S
Poople #356 answer: HUGS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
hugs
bugs
bogs
boos
boop
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 HUGS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 4
The dictionary has 4 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: HUGS → BUGS — change the 1st letter from H to B.
- Move 2: BUGS → BOGS — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 3: BOGS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from G to O.
- Move 4: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from HUGS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.