Poople #452025-09-28
Poople #45: DUAL to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from DUAL to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #45.
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#45 DUAL
D
U
A
L
Poople #45 answer: DUAL to POOP
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Answer path
dual
dull
pull
poll
pool
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 3rd 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 DUAL.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 2
The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: DUAL → DULL — change the 3rd letter from A to L.
- Move 2: DULL → PULL — change the 1st letter from D to P.
- Move 3: PULL → POLL — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 4: POLL → POOL — change the 3rd letter from L to O.
- Move 5: POOL → POOP — change the 4th letter from L to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from DUAL and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.