Poople #61: JERK to POOP

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 JERK.

Moves

6

Difficulty

Hard

Shortest paths

4

The dictionary has 4 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: JERK → PERK — change the 1st letter from J to P.
2. Move 2: PERK → PORK — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
3. Move 3: PORK → CORK — change the 1st letter from P to C.
4. Move 4: CORK → COOK — change the 3rd letter from R to O.
5. Move 5: COOK → COOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
6. Move 6: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.