Poople #532025-10-06
Poople #53: NECK to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from NECK to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #53.
Play Poople #53
#53 NECK
N
E
C
K
Poople #53 answer: NECK to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
neck
beck
bock
book
boop
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 NECK.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 10
The dictionary has 10 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: NECK → BECK — change the 1st letter from N to B.
- Move 2: BECK → BOCK — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 3: BOCK → BOOK — change the 3rd letter from C to O.
- Move 4: BOOK → BOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from NECK and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.