Poople #4042026-09-22
Poople #404: WHEN to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from WHEN to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #404.
Play Poople #404
#404 WHEN
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Poople #404 answer: WHEN to POOP
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Answer path
when
whew
chew
chow
chop
coop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 4th letter.
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 WHEN.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: WHEN → WHEW — change the 4th letter from N to W.
- Move 2: WHEW → CHEW — change the 1st letter from W to C.
- Move 3: CHEW → CHOW — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
- Move 4: CHOW → CHOP — change the 4th letter from W to P.
- Move 5: CHOP → COOP — change the 2nd letter from H to O.
- Move 6: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from WHEN and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.