Poople #602025-10-13
Poople #60: SETS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from SETS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #60.
Play Poople #60
#60 SETS
S
E
T
S
Poople #60 answer: SETS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
sets
bets
bots
boos
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 SETS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: SETS → BETS — change the 1st letter from S to B.
- Move 2: BETS → BOTS — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 3: BOTS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from T to O.
- Move 4: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from SETS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.