Poople #3832026-09-01
Poople #383: NAPS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from NAPS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #383.
Play Poople #383
#383 NAPS
N
A
P
S
Poople #383 answer: NAPS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
naps
caps
cops
coos
coop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st 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 NAPS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: NAPS → CAPS — change the 1st letter from N to C.
- Move 2: CAPS → COPS — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: COPS → COOS — change the 3rd letter from P to O.
- Move 4: COOS → COOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from NAPS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.