Poople #562025-10-09
Poople #56: SALT to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from SALT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #56.
Play Poople #56
#56 SALT
S
A
L
T
Poople #56 answer: SALT to POOP
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Answer path
salt
halt
holt
hoot
hoop
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 SALT.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: SALT → HALT — change the 1st letter from S to H.
- Move 2: HALT → HOLT — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: HOLT → HOOT — change the 3rd letter from L to O.
- Move 4: HOOT → HOOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 5: HOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from H to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from SALT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.