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Poople #335 TEAM Answer

Poople #335 started at TEAM on July 15, 2026. Its selective opening changes letters in the sequence E>R, T>P, A>O, M>P, R>O, with 2 par-preserving first moves.

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Archive value: this is not a copied daily page. Its tables are calculated for TEAM, including 12 legal openings and route signature 2-1-3-4-2.

Calculated from the current word graph

TEAM route profile

Par5 moves6 words including start and target

Shortest routes2Exact routes in the current accepted graph

Legal first moves122 keep par

Route shapeselective openingLetter positions 2-1-3-4-2

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The hint describes the move without naming the word. The full route stays closed until you ask for it.

Reveal a direction, not a word

The current row reads T-E-A-M. Change position 2 and keep positions 1, 3, 4 fixed. Look for a vowel-to-consonant change. 2 different first moves preserve the shortest length.

Reveal the complete 5-move answer

TEAM -> TRAM -> PRAM -> PROM -> PROP -> POOP

Step 0TEAMStart

Step 1TRAMBridge

Step 2PRAMBridge

Step 3PROMBridge

Step 4PROPBridge

Step 5POOPTarget

Route anatomy

What changes at every step

Step 1TEAM -> TRAM

Tile 2 changes E to R; the move is sideways by letter shape. TRAM has 9 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from TEAM include LEAM, BEAM, TEAR, TEAL.
Step 2TRAM -> PRAM

Tile 1 changes T to P; the move is closer by letter shape. PRAM has 8 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from TRAM include TRIM, TRAP, GRAM, DRAM.
Step 3PRAM -> PROM

Tile 3 changes A to O; the move is closer by letter shape. PROM has 9 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from PRAM include PRIM, PRAY, GRAM, DRAM.
Step 4PROM -> PROP

Tile 4 changes M to P; the move is closer by letter shape. PROP has 11 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 1 move remaining. Other legal exits from PROM include PROS, PROF, PROD, PROG.
Step 5PROP -> POOP

Tile 2 changes R to O; the move is closer by letter shape. POOP has 11 legal neighbors, target reached, and 0 moves remaining. Other legal exits from PROP include PLOP, DROP, CROP, PREP.

Opening decision

Which first moves preserve par?

TEAM has 12 legal one-letter neighbors. TRAM, LEAM keep the route at 5 moves, while sampled detours begin BEAM (+1), TEAR (+1), TEAL (+1), SEAM (+1).

Compare 8 calculated first moves

Move	Changed tile	Total	Verdict	Shortest continuations
TRAM	2: E -> R	5	Keeps par	1
LEAM	1: T -> L	5	Keeps par	1
BEAM	1: T -> B	6	Adds 1 move	4
TEAR	4: M -> R	6	Adds 1 move	2
TEAL	4: M -> L	6	Adds 1 move	2
SEAM	1: T -> S	6	Adds 1 move	3
REAM	1: T -> R	6	Adds 1 move	5
TEAT	4: M -> T	6	Adds 1 move	3

TEAM opening fingerprint

TEAM groups its legal first moves as tile 1: LEAM, BEAM, SEAM, REAM; tile 2: TRAM; tile 3: TERM, TEEM; tile 4: TEAR, TEAL, TEAT, TEAS, TEAK. Two moves from the start, 87 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is LOAM, BEAR, BEAT, CRAM, DRAM, GRAM, LEAM, LEAN, PEAT, ROAM, SLAM, TELL, TRAD, TRAP, TRIM, BEAD, BEAK, BEAM, BEAN, BEAU, BLAM, DEAL, DEAR, DEEM.

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Graph reading

PRAM is the narrowest displayed bridge

After TRAM becomes PRAM, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as TRIM, TRAP, GRAM, DRAM show what the route declined.

Direct-shape gains: 4
Sideways steps: 1
Temporary shape detours: 0
Steps touching a vowel: 3

How these figures were calculated

Poople recomputes adjacency and distance from the accepted 2,398-word graph. "Shortest routes" counts every path that lowers the remaining distance by one at each move; it is not a guess based on page text or player scores.

The displayed answer is one shortest route selected from that graph. Community scores and notes are kept separate because they describe player activity, not the mathematical route.

Data mode: live Graph synced: 2026-08-14 05:45 UTC Puzzle date: July 15, 2026