Poople #3802026-08-29
Poople #380: CAPE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from CAPE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #380.
Play Poople #380
#380 CAPE
C
A
P
E
Poople #380 answer: CAPE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
cape
cope
pope
pome
pomp
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd 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 CAPE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 11
The dictionary has 11 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: CAPE → COPE — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 2: COPE → POPE — change the 1st letter from C to P.
- Move 3: POPE → POME — change the 3rd letter from P to M.
- Move 4: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 5: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from CAPE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.