Poople #3932026-09-11
Poople #393: FUND to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from FUND to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #393.
Play Poople #393
#393 FUND
F
U
N
D
Poople #393 answer: FUND to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
fund
fond
food
good
goop
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 FUND.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: FUND → FOND — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 2: FOND → FOOD — change the 3rd letter from N to O.
- Move 3: FOOD → GOOD — change the 1st letter from F to G.
- Move 4: GOOD → GOOP — change the 4th letter from D to P.
- Move 5: GOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from G to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from FUND and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.