Poople #3982026-09-16
Poople #398: WHAT to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from WHAT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #398.
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#398 WHAT
W
H
A
T
Poople #398 answer: WHAT to POOP
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Answer path
what
chat
coat
coot
coop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st 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 WHAT.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 5
The dictionary has 5 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: WHAT → CHAT — change the 1st letter from W to C.
- Move 2: CHAT → COAT — change the 2nd letter from H to O.
- Move 3: COAT → COOT — change the 3rd letter from A to O.
- Move 4: COOT → COOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 5: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from WHAT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.