WAVE to POOP.
6 moves. 162 equally short routes. Here is one way through.
- STARTwaveYour starting word
- 01caveW → C
- 02cameV → M
- 03campE → P
- 04compA → O
- 05coopM → O
- 06poopC → P · Made it!
The first move matters.
WAVE has 23 valid one-letter neighbors in this dictionary. 19 of them can begin a shortest path:
Each of these leaves 5 moves to POOP. The other 4 neighbors are valid moves too, but cannot reach the target in the minimum from this starting word.
Follow the changes
The highlighted letter beside each step shows exactly which position changed. The sequence above is computed from the same dictionary as the game. Other shortest routes can take different intermediate words.
Compare routes in the solver →Explore shortest alternatives (162 total)
Showing 20 of 162 paths.
WAVE → CAVE → CAME → CAMP → COMP → COOP → POOP
WAVE → CAVE → CAME → CAMP → COMP → POMP → POOP
WAVE → CAVE → CAME → COME → COMP → COOP → POOP
WAVE → CAVE → CAME → COME → COMP → POMP → POOP
WAVE → CAVE → CAME → COME → POME → POMP → POOP
WAVE → CAVE → COVE → COME → COMP → COOP → POOP
WAVE → CAVE → COVE → COME → COMP → POMP → POOP
WAVE → CAVE → COVE → COME → POME → POMP → POOP
WAVE → GAVE → GALE → GOLE → GOLP → GOOP → POOP
WAVE → GAVE → GARE → GORE → GORP → GOOP → POOP
WAVE → HAVE → HALE → HOLE → HOLP → HOOP → POOP
WAVE → HAVE → HAME → HOME → POME → POMP → POOP
WAVE → HAVE → HOVE → HOLE → HOLP → HOOP → POOP
WAVE → HAVE → HOVE → HOME → POME → POMP → POOP
WAVE → LAVE → LAME → LOME → POME → POMP → POOP
WAVE → LAVE → LOVE → LOME → POME → POMP → POOP
WAVE → LAVE → LOVE → LOWE → LOWP → LOOP → POOP
WAVE → NAVE → NAME → NOME → POME → POMP → POOP
WAVE → PAVE → PACE → PACK → POCK → POOK → POOP
WAVE → PAVE → PALE → PALL → POLL → POOL → POOP