Poople #742025-10-27
Poople #74: ACID to POOP
The shortest 7-step ladder from ACID to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #74.
Play Poople #74
#74 ACID
A
C
I
D
Poople #74 answer: ACID to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
acid
arid
grid
grad
goad
good
goop
poop
7 movesBrutalFirst hint: change the 2nd letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 7 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 7 moves from ACID.
- Moves
- 7
- Difficulty
- Brutal
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: ACID → ARID — change the 2nd letter from C to R.
- Move 2: ARID → GRID — change the 1st letter from A to G.
- Move 3: GRID → GRAD — change the 3rd letter from I to A.
- Move 4: GRAD → GOAD — change the 2nd letter from R to O.
- Move 5: GOAD → GOOD — change the 3rd letter from A to O.
- Move 6: GOOD → GOOP — change the 4th letter from D to P.
- Move 7: GOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from G to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from ACID and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 7 moves.