Poople #4242026-10-12
Poople #424: WAVY to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from WAVY to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #424.
Play Poople #424
#424 WAVY
W
A
V
Y
Poople #424 answer: WAVY to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
wavy
wary
ward
word
wood
good
goop
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 3rd letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 7 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 7 moves from WAVY.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 36
The dictionary has 36 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: WAVY → WARY — change the 3rd letter from V to R.
- Move 2: WARY → WARD — change the 4th letter from Y to D.
- Move 3: WARD → WORD — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 4: WORD → WOOD — change the 3rd letter from R to O.
- Move 5: WOOD → GOOD — change the 1st letter from W to G.
- Move 6: GOOD → GOOP — change the 4th letter from D to P.
- Move 7: GOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from G to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from WAVY and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.