Poople #662025-10-19
Poople #66: FAST to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from FAST to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #66.
Play Poople #66
#66 FAST
F
A
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Poople #66 answer: FAST to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
fast
cast
cost
coot
coop
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 FAST.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 2
The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: FAST → CAST — change the 1st letter from F to C.
- Move 2: CAST → COST — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: COST → COOT — change the 3rd letter from S to O.
- Move 4: COOT → COOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 5: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from FAST and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.