Poople #4292026-10-17
Poople #429: CASK to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from CASK to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #429.
Play Poople #429
#429 CASK
C
A
S
K
Poople #429 answer: CASK to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
cask
cast
cost
coot
coop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 4th 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 CASK.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: CASK → CAST — change the 4th letter from K to T.
- Move 2: CAST → COST — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: COST → COOT — change the 3rd letter from S to O.
- Move 4: COOT → COOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 5: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from CASK and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.