Poople #368: JAYS to POOP

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 JAYS.

Moves

5

Difficulty

Hard

Shortest paths

2

The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: JAYS → BAYS — change the 1st letter from J to B.
2. Move 2: BAYS → BOYS — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
3. Move 3: BOYS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from Y to O.
4. Move 4: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
5. Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.