Poople #3822026-08-31
Poople #382: WATT to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from WATT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #382.
Play Poople #382
#382 WATT
W
A
T
T
Poople #382 answer: WATT to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
watt
waft
haft
halt
holt
hoot
hoop
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 3rd 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 WATT.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 67
The dictionary has 67 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: WATT → WAFT — change the 3rd letter from T to F.
- Move 2: WAFT → HAFT — change the 1st letter from W to H.
- Move 3: HAFT → HALT — change the 3rd letter from F to L.
- Move 4: HALT → HOLT — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 5: HOLT → HOOT — change the 3rd letter from L to O.
- Move 6: HOOT → HOOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 7: HOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from H to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from WATT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.