Poople #394: AHEM to POOP

Path analysis

This route reaches POOP in 8 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 8 moves from AHEM.

Moves

8

Difficulty

Brutal

Shortest paths

13

The dictionary has 13 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: AHEM → THEM — change the 1st letter from A to T.
2. Move 2: THEM → TEEM — change the 2nd letter from H to E.
3. Move 3: TEEM → DEEM — change the 1st letter from T to D.
4. Move 4: DEEM → DEEP — change the 4th letter from M to P.
5. Move 5: DEEP → PEEP — change the 1st letter from D to P.
6. Move 6: PEEP → PREP — change the 2nd letter from E to R.
7. Move 7: PREP → PROP — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
8. Move 8: PROP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from R to O.