Poople #4342026-10-22

Poople #434: CASH to POOP

The shortest 5-step ladder from CASH to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #434.

Play Poople #434

#434 CASH

C
A
S
H
start

Poople #434 answer: CASH to POOP

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Answer path

cash
cosh
cost
coot
coop
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 CASH.

Moves
5
Difficulty
Hard
Shortest paths
2

The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

  1. Move 1: CASH → COSH — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
  2. Move 2: COSH → COST — change the 4th letter from H to T.
  3. Move 3: COST → COOT — change the 3rd letter from S to O.
  4. Move 4: COOT → COOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
  5. Move 5: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.

This Poople puzzle starts from CASH and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.

Poople #434 Answer for 2026-10-22 — CASH to POOP