Poople #952025-11-17
Poople #95: LACE to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from LACE to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #95.
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#95 LACE
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A
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Poople #95 answer: LACE to POOP
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Answer path
lace
lack
lock
look
loop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 4th 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 LACE.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 1
The dictionary has one shortest route for this puzzle.
- Move 1: LACE → LACK — change the 4th letter from E to K.
- Move 2: LACK → LOCK — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 3: LOCK → LOOK — change the 3rd letter from C to O.
- Move 4: LOOK → LOOP — change the 4th letter from K to P.
- Move 5: LOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from L to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from LACE and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.