Poople #4082026-09-26
Poople #408: YARD to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from YARD to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #408.
Play Poople #408
#408 YARD
Y
A
R
D
Poople #408 answer: YARD to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
yard
bard
barn
born
boon
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st 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 YARD.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 9
The dictionary has 9 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: YARD → BARD — change the 1st letter from Y to B.
- Move 2: BARD → BARN — change the 4th letter from D to N.
- Move 3: BARN → BORN — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 4: BORN → BOON — change the 3rd letter from R to O.
- Move 5: BOON → BOOP — change the 4th letter from N to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from YARD and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.