Poople #372025-09-20

Poople #37: TOES to POOP

The shortest 5-step ladder from TOES to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #37.

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#37 TOES

T
O
E
S
start

Poople #37 answer: TOES to POOP

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Answer path

toes
does
doer
door
poor
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 TOES.

Moves
5
Difficulty
Hard
Shortest paths
17

The dictionary has 17 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

  1. Move 1: TOESDOES — change the 1st letter from T to D.
  2. Move 2: DOESDOER — change the 4th letter from S to R.
  3. Move 3: DOERDOOR — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
  4. Move 4: DOORPOOR — change the 1st letter from D to P.
  5. Move 5: POORPOOP — change the 4th letter from R to P.

This Poople puzzle starts from TOES and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.

Poople #37 Answer for 2025-09-20 — TOES to POOP