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Poople #350 WASP Answer

Poople #350 started at WASP on July 30, 2026. Its selective opening changes letters in the sequence W>R, S>M, A>O, R>P, M>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 WASP, including 6 legal openings and route signature 1-3-2-1-3.
Calculated from the current word graph

WASP route profile

Par5 moves6 words including start and target
Shortest routes2Exact routes in the current accepted graph
Legal first moves62 keep par
Route shapeselective openingLetter positions 1-3-2-1-3
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The current row reads W-A-S-P. Change position 1 and keep positions 2, 3, 4 fixed. Look for a consonant-to-consonant change. 2 different first moves preserve the shortest length.

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WASP -> RASP -> RAMP -> ROMP -> POMP -> POOP

Step 0WASPStart
Step 1RASPBridge
Step 2RAMPBridge
Step 3ROMPBridge
Step 4POMPBridge
Step 5POOPTarget
Route anatomy

What changes at every step

  1. Step 1WASP -> RASP

    Tile 1 changes W to R; the move is sideways by letter shape. RASP has 6 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from WASP include WISP, WARP, GASP, HASP.

  2. Step 2RASP -> RAMP

    Tile 3 changes S to M; the move is sideways by letter shape. RAMP has 10 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from RASP include RASH, GASP, HASP, RASE.

  3. Step 3RAMP -> ROMP

    Tile 2 changes A to O; the move is closer by letter shape. ROMP has 4 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from RAMP include CAMP, RUMP, LAMP, RAMS.

  4. Step 4ROMP -> POMP

    Tile 1 changes R to P; the move is closer by letter shape. POMP has 6 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 1 move remaining. Other legal exits from ROMP include COMP, RUMP.

  5. Step 5POMP -> POOP

    Tile 3 changes M to O; the move is closer by letter shape. POOP has 11 legal neighbors, target reached, and 0 moves remaining. Other legal exits from POMP include PUMP, COMP, PIMP, POME.

Opening decision

Which first moves preserve par?

WASP has 6 legal one-letter neighbors. WISP, RASP keep the route at 5 moves, while sampled detours begin WARP (+1), GASP (+1), HASP (+1), WASH (+2).

Compare 6 calculated first moves
MoveChanged tileTotalVerdictShortest continuations
WISP2: A -> I5Keeps par1
RASP1: W -> R5Keeps par1
WARP3: S -> R6Adds 1 move2
GASP1: W -> G6Adds 1 move1
HASP1: W -> H6Adds 1 move1
WASH4: P -> H7Adds 2 moves8

WASP opening fingerprint

WASP groups its legal first moves as tile 1: RASP, GASP, HASP; tile 2: WISP; tile 3: WARP; tile 4: WASH. Two moves from the start, 28 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is WIMP, CARP, LISP, BASH, CASH, GASP, HARP, HASP, LASH, PARP, RASE, RASH, TARP, WARD, WARE, WARN, WISE, WISH, WIST, DASH, GASH, HASH, MASH, SASH.

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Graph reading

ROMP is the narrowest displayed bridge

After RAMP becomes ROMP, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as CAMP, RUMP, LAMP, RAMS show what the route declined.

Direct-shape gains
3
Sideways steps
2
Temporary shape detours
0
Steps touching a vowel
2

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 06:09 UTC Puzzle date: July 30, 2026