Poople #792025-11-01
Poople #79: SEWN to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from SEWN to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #79.
Play Poople #79
#79 SEWN
S
E
W
N
Poople #79 answer: SEWN to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
sewn
sown
gown
goon
goop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd 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 SEWN.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 4
The dictionary has 4 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: SEWN → SOWN — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 2: SOWN → GOWN — change the 1st letter from S to G.
- Move 3: GOWN → GOON — change the 3rd letter from W to O.
- Move 4: GOON → GOOP — change the 4th letter from N to P.
- Move 5: GOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from G to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from SEWN and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.