Poople #4032026-09-21
Poople #403: PETS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from PETS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #403.
Play Poople #403
#403 PETS
P
E
T
S
Poople #403 answer: PETS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
pets
bets
bots
boos
boop
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 PETS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 4
The dictionary has 4 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: PETS → BETS — change the 1st letter from P to B.
- Move 2: BETS → BOTS — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 3: BOTS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from T to O.
- Move 4: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from PETS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.