Poople #4352026-10-23
Poople #435: GENE to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from GENE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #435.
Play Poople #435
#435 GENE
G
E
N
E
Poople #435 answer: GENE to POOP
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Answer path
gene
gone
bone
bonk
book
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 6 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 6 moves from GENE.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 11
The dictionary has 11 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: GENE → GONE — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 2: GONE → BONE — change the 1st letter from G to B.
- Move 3: BONE → BONK — change the 4th letter from E to K.
- Move 4: BONK → BOOK — change the 3rd letter from N to O.
- Move 5: BOOK → BOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from GENE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.