Poople #402: AWAY to POOP

Path analysis

This route reaches POOP in 6 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 6 moves from AWAY.

Moves

6

Difficulty

Hard

Shortest paths

6

The dictionary has 6 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: AWAY → SWAY — change the 1st letter from A to S.
2. Move 2: SWAY → SLAY — change the 2nd letter from W to L.
3. Move 3: SLAY → PLAY — change the 1st letter from S to P.
4. Move 4: PLAY → PLOY — change the 3rd letter from A to O.
5. Move 5: PLOY → PLOP — change the 4th letter from Y to P.
6. Move 6: PLOP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from L to O.