SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 · PUZZLE #21
SIZE to POOP.💩
One shortest route in 6 moves.
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SIZE
START01
SIRE
LETTER 302
SORE
LETTER 203
PORE
LETTER 104
POME
LETTER 305
POMP
LETTER 406
POOP
GOAL 💩Why this route takes 6 moves
SIZE and POOP differ in 4 letter positions. The shortest accepted-word route needs 2 additional moves; the third letter changes more than once.
Start by changing the third letter: SIZE → SIRE. Near the goal, POMP is one letter from POOP; the last move changes its third letter.
Every letter change
- SIZE → SIRE: change letter 3 from Z to R.
- SIRE → SORE: change letter 2 from I to O.
- SORE → PORE: change letter 1 from S to P.
- PORE → POME: change letter 3 from R to M.
- POME → POMP: change letter 4 from E to P.
- POMP → POOP: change letter 3 from M to O.
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