Poople #852025-11-07
Poople #85: SANE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from SANE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #85.
Play Poople #85
#85 SANE
S
A
N
E
Poople #85 answer: SANE to POOP
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Answer path
sane
same
some
pome
pomp
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 3rd 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 SANE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: SANE → SAME — change the 3rd letter from N to M.
- Move 2: SAME → SOME — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: SOME → POME — change the 1st letter from S to P.
- Move 4: POME → POMP — change the 4th letter from E to P.
- Move 5: POMP → POOP — change the 3rd letter from M to O.
This Poople puzzle starts from SANE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.