Poople #592025-10-12
Poople #59: NINE to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from NINE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #59.
Play Poople #59
#59 NINE
N
I
N
E
Poople #59 answer: NINE to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
nine
dine
done
dome
pome
pomp
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st 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 NINE.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 22
The dictionary has 22 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: NINE → DINE — change the 1st letter from N to D.
- Move 2: DINE → DONE — change the 2nd letter from I to O.
- Move 3: DONE → DOME — change the 3rd letter from N to M.
- Move 4: DOME → POME — change the 1st letter from D to P.
- Move 5: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 6: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from NINE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.