Poople #3772026-08-26
Poople #377: TINT to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from TINT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #377.
Play Poople #377
#377 TINT
T
I
N
T
Poople #377 answer: TINT to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
tint
hint
hilt
holt
hoot
hoop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 6 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 6 moves from TINT.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 18
The dictionary has 18 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: TINT → HINT — change the 1st letter from T to H.
- Move 2: HINT → HILT — change the 3rd letter from N to L.
- Move 3: HILT → HOLT — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 4: HOLT → HOOT — change the 3rd letter from L to O.
- Move 5: HOOT → HOOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 6: HOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from H to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from TINT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.