Poople #4192026-10-07
Poople #419: CARD to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from CARD to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #419.
Play Poople #419
#419 CARD
C
A
R
D
Poople #419 answer: CARD to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
card
cord
cork
cook
coop
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 CARD.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: CARD → CORD — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 2: CORD → CORK — change the 4th letter from D to K.
- Move 3: CORK → COOK — change the 3rd letter from R to O.
- Move 4: COOK → COOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 5: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from CARD and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.