Poople #425 Answer: TINY to POOP in 6 Moves

Poople #425 at a glance

What makes this puzzle distinctive

TINY offers three first moves that still allow a six-move finish: TINE, TINK and TINS. The selected route starts with TINK and continues through TONK and TOOK; those three words change positions four, two and three in succession.

The shortest routes spread across several endings. One route reaches POOP through LOOK → LOOP; the others finish through POMP, BOOP, COOP, HOOP or POOL. The checked list contains 11 six-move routes, so the selected route is a reference path rather than a unique answer.

Step-by-step shortest route

Shortest routes

All 11 shortest routes are shown below.

1. TINY → TINE → TIME → TOME → POME → POMP → POOP
2. TINY → TINE → TONE → TOME → POME → POMP → POOP
3. TINY → TINK → TONK → BONK → BOOK → BOOP → POOP
4. TINY → TINK → TONK → CONK → COOK → COOP → POOP
5. TINY → TINK → TONK → HONK → HOOK → HOOP → POOP
6. TINY → TINK → TONK → TOOK → BOOK → BOOP → POOP
7. TINY → TINK → TONK → TOOK → COOK → COOP → POOP
8. TINY → TINK → TONK → TOOK → HOOK → HOOP → POOP
9. TINY → TINK → TONK → TOOK → LOOK → LOOP → POOP Selected reference route
10. TINY → TINK → TONK → TOOK → TOOL → POOL → POOP
11. TINY → TINS → TONS → CONS → COOS → COOP → POOP

First-move choices

One-letter neighbours of TINY in this checked list: TIDY (adds at least one move) · TINE (keeps par) · TING (adds at least one move) · TINK (keeps par) · TINS (keeps par) · TINT (adds at least one move) · VINY (adds at least one move).

A first move keeps the 6-move minimum only when its remaining distance is 5.

Choices along the selected route

Each listed next word keeps a shortest finish from that point. These are the branch points encountered on the selected reference route.

How this answer was checked

This route was saved during its daily verification run. The 2398-word list was checked on October 13, 2026. We verified every displayed transition, the shortest length and the route count against that list.