Poople #4162026-10-04
Poople #416: RAFT to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from RAFT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #416.
Play Poople #416
#416 RAFT
R
A
F
T
Poople #416 answer: RAFT to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
raft
haft
halt
holt
hoot
hoop
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 RAFT.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 7
The dictionary has 7 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: RAFT → HAFT — change the 1st letter from R to H.
- Move 2: HAFT → HALT — change the 3rd letter from F to L.
- Move 3: HALT → HOLT — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 4: HOLT → HOOT — change the 3rd letter from L to O.
- Move 5: HOOT → HOOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 6: HOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from H to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from RAFT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.