Poople #3792026-08-28
Poople #379: MICA to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from MICA to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #379.
Play Poople #379
#379 MICA
M
I
C
A
Poople #379 answer: MICA to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
mica
mice
dice
dime
dome
pome
pomp
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 MICA.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 18
The dictionary has 18 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: MICA → MICE — change the 4th letter from A to E.
- Move 2: MICE → DICE — change the 1st letter from M to D.
- Move 3: DICE → DIME — change the 3rd letter from C to M.
- Move 4: DIME → DOME — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 5: DOME → POME — change the 1st letter from D to P.
- Move 6: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 7: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from MICA and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.