Poople #3812026-08-30
Poople #381: ANON to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from ANON to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #381.
Play Poople #381
#381 ANON
A
N
O
N
Poople #381 answer: ANON to POOP
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Answer path
anon
aeon
neon
noon
boon
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd 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 ANON.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: ANON → AEON — change the 2nd letter from N to E.
- Move 2: AEON → NEON — change the 1st letter from A to N.
- Move 3: NEON → NOON — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 4: NOON → BOON — change the 1st letter from N to B.
- Move 5: BOON → BOOP — change the 4th letter from N to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from ANON and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.