MAY 5, 2026 · PUZZLE #264
QUID to POOP.💩
One shortest route in 7 moves.
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QUID
START01
QUIT
LETTER 402
SUIT
LETTER 103
SLIT
LETTER 204
SLIP
LETTER 405
SLOP
LETTER 306
PLOP
LETTER 107
POOP
GOAL 💩Why this route takes 7 moves
QUID and POOP differ in 4 letter positions. The shortest accepted-word route needs 3 additional moves; the first and second and fourth letters change more than once.
Start by changing the fourth letter: QUID → QUIT. Near the goal, PLOP is one letter from POOP; the last move changes its second letter.
Every letter change
- QUID → QUIT: change letter 4 from D to T.
- QUIT → SUIT: change letter 1 from Q to S.
- SUIT → SLIT: change letter 2 from U to L.
- SLIT → SLIP: change letter 4 from T to P.
- SLIP → SLOP: change letter 3 from I to O.
- SLOP → PLOP: change letter 1 from S to P.
- PLOP → POOP: change letter 2 from L to O.
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