Poople #972025-11-19
Poople #97: COZY to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from COZY to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #97.
Play Poople #97
#97 COZY
C
O
Z
Y
Poople #97 answer: COZY to POOP
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Answer path
cozy
copy
cops
coos
coop
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 COZY.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 2
The dictionary has 2 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: COZY → COPY — change the 3rd letter from Z to P.
- Move 2: COPY → COPS — change the 4th letter from Y to S.
- Move 3: COPS → COOS — change the 3rd letter from P to O.
- Move 4: COOS → COOP — change the 4th letter from S to P.
- Move 5: COOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from C to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from COZY and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.