Poople #502025-10-03
Poople #50: AIRS to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from AIRS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #50.
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#50 AIRS
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Poople #50 answer: AIRS to POOP
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Answer path
airs
aids
bids
bods
boos
boop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 3rd 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 AIRS.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: AIRS → AIDS — change the 3rd letter from R to D.
- Move 2: AIDS → BIDS — change the 1st letter from A to B.
- Move 3: BIDS → BODS — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 4: BODS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from D to O.
- Move 5: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from AIRS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.