Poople #3762026-08-25
Poople #376: OUTS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from OUTS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #376.
Play Poople #376
#376 OUTS
O
U
T
S
Poople #376 answer: OUTS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
outs
buts
bots
boos
boop
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 OUTS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 2
The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: OUTS → BUTS — change the 1st letter from O to B.
- Move 2: BUTS → BOTS — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 3: BOTS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from T to O.
- Move 4: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from OUTS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.