Poople #362025-09-19
Poople #36: DAYS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from DAYS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #36.
Play Poople #36
#36 DAYS
D
A
Y
S
Poople #36 answer: DAYS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
days
bays
boys
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 DAYS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: DAYS → BAYS — change the 1st letter from D to B.
- Move 2: BAYS → BOYS — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: BOYS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from Y 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 DAYS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.