RACE to POOP.
6 moves. 20 equally short routes. Here is one way through.
- STARTraceYour starting word
- 01laceR → L
- 02lackE → K
- 03lockA → O
- 04lookC → O
- 05loopK → P
- 06poopL → P · Made it!
The first move matters.
RACE has 14 valid one-letter neighbors in this dictionary. 5 of them can begin a shortest path:
Each of these leaves 5 moves to POOP. The other 9 neighbors are valid moves too, but cannot reach the target in the minimum from this starting word.
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The highlighted letter beside each step shows exactly which position changed. This historical solution uses the original puzzle’s dictionary and minimum move count. Other shortest routes can take different intermediate words.
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Showing 20 of 20 paths.
RACE → LACE → LACK → LOCK → LOOK → LOOP → POOP
RACE → PACE → PALE → PALL → POLL → POOL → POOP
RACE → PACE → PALE → POLE → POLL → POOL → POOP
RACE → PACE → PALE → POLE → POME → POMP → POOP
RACE → PACE → PARE → PORE → POME → POMP → POOP
RACE → RACK → BACK → BOCK → BOOK → BOOP → POOP
RACE → RACK → HACK → HOCK → HOOK → HOOP → POOP
RACE → RACK → LACK → LOCK → LOOK → LOOP → POOP
RACE → RACK → ROCK → BOCK → BOOK → BOOP → POOP
RACE → RACK → ROCK → COCK → COOK → COOP → POOP
RACE → RACK → ROCK → HOCK → HOOK → HOOP → POOP
RACE → RACK → ROCK → LOCK → LOOK → LOOP → POOP
RACE → RACK → ROCK → ROOK → BOOK → BOOP → POOP
RACE → RACK → ROCK → ROOK → COOK → COOP → POOP
RACE → RACK → ROCK → ROOK → HOOK → HOOP → POOP
RACE → RACK → ROCK → ROOK → LOOK → LOOP → POOP
RACE → RACK → ROCK → ROOK → ROOF → POOF → POOP
RACE → RARE → PARE → PORE → POME → POMP → POOP
RACE → RASE → RASP → RAMP → ROMP → POMP → POOP
RACE → RASE → ROSE → POSE → POME → POMP → POOP