Poople #4132026-10-01
Poople #413: TEES to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from TEES to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #413.
Play Poople #413
#413 TEES
T
E
E
S
Poople #413 answer: TEES to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
tees
pees
peep
prep
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 TEES.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: TEES → PEES — change the 1st letter from T to P.
- Move 2: PEES → PEEP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 3: PEEP → PREP — change the 2nd letter from E to R.
- Move 4: PREP → PROP — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
- Move 5: PROP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from R to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from TEES and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.