Poople #542025-10-07
Poople #54: WIPE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from WIPE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #54.
Play Poople #54
#54 WIPE
W
I
P
E
Poople #54 answer: WIPE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
wipe
pipe
pope
pome
pomp
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 WIPE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: WIPE → PIPE — change the 1st letter from W to P.
- Move 2: PIPE → POPE — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 3: POPE → POME — change the 3rd letter from P to M.
- Move 4: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 5: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from WIPE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.