Poople #4072026-09-25
Poople #407: FUNK to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from FUNK to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #407.
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#407 FUNK
F
U
N
K
Poople #407 answer: FUNK to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
funk
bunk
bonk
book
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 FUNK.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 2
The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: FUNK → BUNK — change the 1st letter from F to B.
- Move 2: BUNK → BONK — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 3: BONK → BOOK — change the 3rd letter from N to O.
- Move 4: BOOK → BOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from FUNK and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.