Poople #3752026-08-24
Poople #375: RITZ to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from RITZ to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #375.
Play Poople #375
#375 RITZ
R
I
T
Z
Poople #375 answer: RITZ to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
ritz
rite
bite
bits
bots
boos
boop
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 4th 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 RITZ.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 33
The dictionary has 33 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: RITZ → RITE — change the 4th letter from Z to E.
- Move 2: RITE → BITE — change the 1st letter from R to B.
- Move 3: BITE → BITS — change the 4th letter from E to S.
- Move 4: BITS → BOTS — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 5: BOTS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from T 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 RITZ and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.