Poople #522025-10-05
Poople #52: PANS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from PANS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #52.
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#52 PANS
P
A
N
S
Poople #52 answer: PANS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
pans
cans
cons
coos
coop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st 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 PANS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: PANS → CANS — change the 1st letter from P to C.
- Move 2: CANS → CONS — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: CONS → COOS — change the 3rd letter from N to O.
- Move 4: COOS → COOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from PANS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.