Poople #4312026-10-19
Poople #431: PEST to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from PEST to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #431.
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#431 PEST
P
E
S
T
Poople #431 answer: PEST to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
pest
hest
host
hoot
hoop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st 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 PEST.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 9
The dictionary has 9 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: PEST → HEST — change the 1st letter from P to H.
- Move 2: HEST → HOST — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 3: HOST → HOOT — change the 3rd letter from S to O.
- Move 4: HOOT → HOOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 5: HOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from H to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from PEST and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.