Poople #4392026-10-27
Poople #439: CYAN to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from CYAN to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #439.
Play Poople #439
#439 CYAN
C
Y
A
N
Poople #439 answer: CYAN to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
cyan
clan
plan
plap
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 CYAN.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 4
The dictionary has 4 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: CYAN → CLAN — change the 2nd letter from Y to L.
- Move 2: CLAN → PLAN — change the 1st letter from C to P.
- Move 3: PLAN → PLAP — change the 4th letter from N to P.
- Move 4: PLAP → PLOP — change the 3rd letter from A to O.
- Move 5: PLOP → POOP — change the 2nd letter from L to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from CYAN and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.