Poople #76: OWES to POOP

Path analysis

This route reaches POOP in 8 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 8 moves from OWES.

Moves

8

Difficulty

Brutal

Shortest paths

6

The dictionary has 6 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.

1. Move 1: OWES → EWES — change the 1st letter from O to E.
2. Move 2: EWES → EYES — change the 2nd letter from W to Y.
3. Move 3: EYES → DYES — change the 1st letter from E to D.
4. Move 4: DYES → DOES — change the 2nd letter from Y to O.
5. Move 5: DOES → DOER — change the 4th letter from S to R.
6. Move 6: DOER → DOOR — change the 3rd letter from E to O.
7. Move 7: DOOR → POOR — change the 1st letter from D to P.
8. Move 8: POOR → POOP — change the 4th letter from R to P.