Poople #872025-11-09
Poople #87: GUYS to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from GUYS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #87.
Play Poople #87
#87 GUYS
G
U
Y
S
Poople #87 answer: GUYS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
guys
buys
boys
boos
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 GUYS.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: GUYS → BUYS — change the 1st letter from G to B.
- Move 2: BUYS → BOYS — change the 2nd letter from U to O.
- Move 3: BOYS → BOOS — change the 3rd letter from Y to O.
- Move 4: BOOS → BOOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from GUYS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.