Poople #3692026-08-18
Poople #369: PERT to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from PERT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #369.
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#369 PERT
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Poople #369 answer: PERT to POOP
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Answer path
pert
port
pout
pour
poor
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 PERT.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 5
The dictionary has 5 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: PERT → PORT — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 2: PORT → POUT — change the 3rd letter from R to U.
- Move 3: POUT → POUR — change the 4th letter from T to R.
- Move 4: POUR → POOR — change the 3rd letter from U to O.
- Move 5: POOR → POOP — change the 4th letter from R to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from PERT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.