Poople #642025-10-17

Poople #64: GONG to POOP

The shortest 5-step ladder from GONG to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #64.

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#64 GONG

G
O
N
G
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Poople #64 answer: GONG to POOP

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Answer path

gong
bong
bonk
book
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 GONG.

Moves
5
Difficulty
Hard
Shortest paths
1

The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.

  1. Move 1: GONGBONG — change the 1st letter from G to B.
  2. Move 2: BONGBONK — change the 4th letter from G to K.
  3. Move 3: BONKBOOK — change the 3rd letter from N to O.
  4. Move 4: BOOKBOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
  5. Move 5: BOOPPOOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.

This Poople puzzle starts from GONG and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.

Poople #64 Answer for 2025-10-17 — GONG to POOP