Poople #652025-10-18
Poople #65: SANG to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from SANG to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #65.
Play Poople #65
#65 SANG
S
A
N
G
Poople #65 answer: SANG to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
sang
bang
bong
bonk
book
boop
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 SANG.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 10
The dictionary has 10 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: SANG → BANG — change the 1st letter from S to B.
- Move 2: BANG → BONG — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: BONG → BONK — change the 4th letter from G to K.
- Move 4: BONK → BOOK — change the 3rd letter from N to O.
- Move 5: BOOK → BOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 6: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from SANG and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.