Poople #4232026-10-11
Poople #423: TIPS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from TIPS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #423.
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#423 TIPS
T
I
P
S
Poople #423 answer: TIPS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
tips
tops
bops
boos
boop
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 TIPS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 2
The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: TIPS → TOPS — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 2: TOPS → BOPS — change the 1st letter from T to B.
- Move 3: BOPS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from P to O.
- Move 4: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from TIPS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.