Poople #462025-09-29
Poople #46: AIRY to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from AIRY to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #46.
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#46 AIRY
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R
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Poople #46 answer: AIRY to POOP
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Answer path
airy
wiry
wily
will
pill
poll
pool
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 1st 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 AIRY.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: AIRY → WIRY — change the 1st letter from A to W.
- Move 2: WIRY → WILY — change the 3rd letter from R to L.
- Move 3: WILY → WILL — change the 4th letter from Y to L.
- Move 4: WILL → PILL — change the 1st letter from W to P.
- Move 5: PILL → POLL — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 6: POLL → POOL — change the 3rd letter from L to O.
- Move 7: POOL → POOP — change the 4th letter from L to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from AIRY and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.