Poople #3852026-09-03
Poople #385: PERM to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from PERM to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #385.
Play Poople #385
#385 PERM
P
E
R
M
Poople #385 answer: PERM to POOP
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Answer path
perm
perp
peep
prep
prop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 4th 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 PERM.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: PERM → PERP — change the 4th letter from M to P.
- Move 2: PERP → PEEP — change the 3rd letter from R to E.
- Move 3: PEEP → PREP — change the 2nd letter from E to R.
- Move 4: PREP → PROP — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
- Move 5: PROP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from R to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from PERM and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.