Poople #3912026-09-09
Poople #391: HYPE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from HYPE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #391.
Play Poople #391
#391 HYPE
H
Y
P
E
Poople #391 answer: HYPE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
hype
hope
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 HYPE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 2
The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: HYPE → HOPE — change the 2nd letter from Y to O.
- Move 2: HOPE → POPE — change the 1st letter from H 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 HYPE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.