Poople #4012026-09-19
Poople #401: FANS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from FANS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #401.
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#401 FANS
F
A
N
S
Poople #401 answer: FANS to POOP
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Answer path
fans
cans
cons
coos
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 FANS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: FANS → CANS — change the 1st letter from F to C.
- Move 2: CANS → CONS — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: CONS → COOS — change the 3rd letter from N 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 FANS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.