Poople #682025-10-21
Poople #68: HAMS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from HAMS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #68.
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#68 HAMS
H
A
M
S
Poople #68 answer: HAMS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
hams
cams
camp
comp
pomp
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 HAMS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 4
The dictionary has 4 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: HAMS → CAMS — change the 1st letter from H to C.
- Move 2: CAMS → CAMP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 3: CAMP → COMP — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 4: COMP → POMP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
- Move 5: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from HAMS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.