Poople #4102026-09-28
Poople #410: FOES to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from FOES to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #410.
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#410 FOES
F
O
E
S
Poople #410 answer: FOES to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
foes
does
doer
door
poor
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 FOES.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 12
The dictionary has 12 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: FOES → DOES — change the 1st letter from F to D.
- Move 2: DOES → DOER — change the 4th letter from S to R.
- Move 3: DOER → DOOR — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
- Move 4: DOOR → POOR — change the 1st letter from D to P.
- Move 5: POOR → POOP — change the 4th letter from R to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from FOES and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.