Poople #3782026-08-27
Poople #378: GELS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from GELS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #378.
Play Poople #378
#378 GELS
G
E
L
S
Poople #378 answer: GELS to POOP
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Answer path
gels
geld
gold
good
goop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 4th 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 GELS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: GELS → GELD — change the 4th letter from S to D.
- Move 2: GELD → GOLD — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 3: GOLD → GOOD — change the 3rd letter from L to O.
- Move 4: GOOD → GOOP — change the 4th letter from D to P.
- Move 5: GOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from G to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from GELS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.