Poople #942025-11-16
Poople #94: LENS to POOP
The shortest 6-step ladder from LENS to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #94.
Play Poople #94
#94 LENS
L
E
N
S
Poople #94 answer: LENS to POOP
Hidden
Answer path
lens
dens
dons
cons
coos
coop
poop
6 movesHardFirst hint: change the 1st letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 6 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 6 moves from LENS.
- Moves
- 6
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 18
The dictionary has 18 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: LENS → DENS — change the 1st letter from L to D.
- Move 2: DENS → DONS — change the 2nd letter from E to O.
- Move 3: DONS → CONS — change the 1st letter from D to C.
- Move 4: CONS → COOS — change the 3rd letter from N to O.
- Move 5: COOS → COOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 6: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from LENS and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 6 moves.