Poople #432025-09-26
Poople #43: HANG to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from HANG to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #43.
Play Poople #43
#43 HANG
H
A
N
G
Poople #43 answer: HANG to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
hang
hank
honk
hook
hoop
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 HANG.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: HANG → HANK — change the 4th letter from G to K.
- Move 2: HANK → HONK — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: HONK → HOOK — change the 3rd letter from N to O.
- Move 4: HOOK → HOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 5: HOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from H to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from HANG and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.