Poople #436 · Sat, Oct 24
Poople #436 Answer: ITEM to POOP
ITEM POOP
Hints for Poople #436
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Which letter stinks? (Which letter changes first?)RevealHide
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ITEM → STEM → STEP → STOP → SLOP → PLOP → POOP
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Shortest path: 6 steps Tricky
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How the Poople #436 answer works
Poople #436 asks you to turn ITEM into POOP by changing one letter at a time, and every word on the way has to be in the Poople word list. The shortest path takes 6 steps. There is only one shortest path, so only one sequence of moves finishes in 6 steps.
Step-by-step explanation (spoiler)
- Change the 1st letter from I to S: ITEM → STEM. 5 steps to go.
- Change the 4th letter from M to P: STEM → STEP. 4 steps to go.
- Change the 3rd letter from E to O: STEP → STOP. 3 steps to go.
- Change the 2nd letter from T to L: STOP → SLOP. 2 steps to go.
- Change the 1st letter from S to P: SLOP → PLOP. 1 step to go.
- Change the 2nd letter from L to O: PLOP → POOP. That spells POOP, so you are done.
First-move traps for ITEM
ITEM has 2 words one letter away in the Poople word list. Only 1 of them moves you closer to POOP.
Of the others, 1 takes you further away.
Which first moves to avoid (may reveal the first move)
Further away, so skip them: IDEM.
How hard is Poople #436?
At 6 steps, Poople #436 is rated Tricky. Across the 105 Poople puzzles on this site, the shortest path averages 5.7 steps. Of the other puzzles, 57 were shorter, 33 had the same length and 14 were longer.
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