PUZZLE #412 · SEP 29, 2026

TRUE to POOP.

5 moves. 6 equally short routes. Here is one way through.

  1. STARTtrueYour starting word
  2. 01treeU → E
  3. 02preeT → P
  4. 03prepE → P
  5. 04poepR → O
  6. 05poopE → O · Made it!

The first move matters.

TRUE has 6 valid one-letter neighbors in this dictionary. 4 of them can begin a shortest path:

TREETRIETRUGTRYE

Each of these leaves 4 moves to POOP. The other 2 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.

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Explore shortest alternatives (6 total)

Showing 6 of 6 paths.

TRUE → TREE → PREE → PREP → POEP → POOP

TRUE → TREE → PREE → PREP → PROP → POOP

TRUE → TRIE → TRIP → TROP → PROP → POOP

TRUE → TRUG → TROG → PROG → PROP → POOP

TRUE → TRUG → TROG → TROP → PROP → POOP

TRUE → TRYE → TRYP → TROP → PROP → POOP