Poople #4062026-09-24
Poople #406: TRAY to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from TRAY to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #406.
Play Poople #406
#406 TRAY
T
R
A
Y
Poople #406 answer: TRAY to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
tray
cray
crap
crop
prop
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 TRAY.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 10
The dictionary has 10 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: TRAY → CRAY — change the 1st letter from T to C.
- Move 2: CRAY → CRAP — change the 4th letter from Y to P.
- Move 3: CRAP → CROP — change the 3rd letter from A to O.
- Move 4: CROP → PROP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
- Move 5: PROP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from R to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from TRAY and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.