Poople #3732026-08-22
Poople #373: ENDS to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from ENDS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #373.
Play Poople #373
#373 ENDS
E
N
D
S
Poople #373 answer: ENDS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
ends
ands
aids
bids
bods
boos
boop
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 1st letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 7 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 7 moves from ENDS.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: ENDS → ANDS — change the 1st letter from E to A.
- Move 2: ANDS → AIDS — change the 2nd letter from N to I.
- Move 3: AIDS → BIDS — change the 1st letter from A to B.
- Move 4: BIDS → BODS — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 5: BODS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from D to O.
- Move 6: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 7: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from ENDS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.