Poople #3962026-09-14
Poople #396: CARS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from CARS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #396.
Play Poople #396
#396 CARS
C
A
R
S
Poople #396 answer: CARS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
cars
cabs
cobs
coos
coop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 3rd 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 CARS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 10
The dictionary has 10 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: CARS → CABS — change the 3rd letter from R to B.
- Move 2: CABS → COBS — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: COBS → COOS — change the 3rd letter from B 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 CARS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.