Poople #4092026-09-27
Poople #409: RISE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from RISE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #409.
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#409 RISE
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Poople #409 answer: RISE to POOP
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Answer path
rise
rose
pose
pome
pomp
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd 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 RISE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: RISE → ROSE — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 2: ROSE → POSE — change the 1st letter from R to P.
- Move 3: POSE → POME — change the 3rd letter from S to M.
- Move 4: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 5: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from RISE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.