Poople #4402026-10-28
Poople #440: CRUX to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from CRUX to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #440.
Play Poople #440
#440 CRUX
C
R
U
X
Poople #440 answer: CRUX to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
crux
crud
cred
coed
hoed
hood
hoop
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 4th letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 7 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 7 moves from CRUX.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 4
The dictionary has 4 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: CRUX → CRUD — change the 4th letter from X to D.
- Move 2: CRUD → CRED — change the 3rd letter from U to E.
- Move 3: CRED → COED — change the 2nd letter from R to O.
- Move 4: COED → HOED — change the 1st letter from C to H.
- Move 5: HOED → HOOD — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
- Move 6: HOOD → HOOP — change the 4th letter from D to P.
- Move 7: HOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from H to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from CRUX and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.