Poople #82025-08-22
Poople #8: NEAT to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from NEAT to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #8.
Play Poople #8
#8 NEAT
N
E
A
T
Poople #8 answer: NEAT to POOP
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Answer path
neat
beat
boat
boot
boop
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 NEAT.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 3
The dictionary has 3 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: NEAT → BEAT — change the 1st letter from N to B.
- Move 2: BEAT → BOAT — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 3: BOAT → BOOT — change the 3rd letter from A to O.
- Move 4: BOOT → BOOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from NEAT and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.