Poople #3702026-08-19
Poople #370: SUES to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from SUES to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #370.
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#370 SUES
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Poople #370 answer: SUES to POOP
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Answer path
sues
sums
sump
pump
pomp
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 3rd 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 SUES.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: SUES → SUMS — change the 3rd letter from E to M.
- Move 2: SUMS → SUMP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 3: SUMP → PUMP — change the 1st letter from S to P.
- Move 4: PUMP → POMP — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 5: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from SUES and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.