Poople #4322026-10-20
Poople #432: SUIT to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from SUIT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #432.
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#432 SUIT
S
U
I
T
Poople #432 answer: SUIT to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
suit
slit
slot
plot
plop
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 SUIT.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: SUIT → SLIT — change the 2nd letter from U to L.
- Move 2: SLIT → SLOT — change the 3rd letter from I to O.
- Move 3: SLOT → PLOT — change the 1st letter from S to P.
- Move 4: PLOT → PLOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 5: PLOP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from L to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from SUIT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.