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Poople #425 TINY Answer

Poople #425 started at TINY on October 13, 2026. Its selective opening changes letters in the sequence Y>K, I>O, N>O, T>L, K>P, L>P, with 3 par-preserving first moves.

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Archive value: this is not a copied daily page. Its tables are calculated for TINY, including 7 legal openings and route signature 4-2-3-1-4-1.

Calculated from the current word graph

TINY route profile

Par6 moves7 words including start and target

Shortest routes11Exact routes in the current accepted graph

Legal first moves73 keep par

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

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

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TINY -> TINK -> TONK -> TOOK -> LOOK -> LOOP -> POOP

Step 0TINYStart

Step 1TINKBridge

Step 2TONKBridge

Step 3TOOKBridge

Step 4LOOKBridge

Step 5LOOPBridge

Step 6POOPTarget

Route anatomy

What changes at every step

Step 1TINY -> TINK

Tile 4 changes Y to K; the move is sideways by letter shape. TINK has 18 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 5 moves remaining. Other legal exits from TINY include TINS, TINE, TIDY, TING.
Step 2TINK -> TONK

Tile 2 changes I to O; the move is closer by letter shape. TONK has 12 legal neighbors, 4 shortest continuations, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from TINK include LINK, TANK, TICK, TINS.
Step 3TONK -> TOOK

Tile 3 changes N to O; the move is closer by letter shape. TOOK has 13 legal neighbors, 5 shortest continuations, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from TONK include HONK, BONK, CONK, TONE.
Step 4TOOK -> LOOK

Tile 1 changes T to L; the move is sideways by letter shape. LOOK has 13 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from TOOK include BOOK, TOOL, COOK, HOOK.
Step 5LOOK -> LOOP

Tile 4 changes K to P; the move is closer by letter shape. LOOP has 9 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 1 move remaining. Other legal exits from LOOK include BOOK, COOK, HOOK, LOOM.
Step 6LOOP -> POOP

Tile 1 changes L to P; the move is closer by letter shape. POOP has 11 legal neighbors, target reached, and 0 moves remaining. Other legal exits from LOOP include COOP, HOOP, BOOP, GOOP.

Opening decision

Which first moves preserve par?

TINY has 7 legal one-letter neighbors. TINS, TINE, TINK keep the route at 6 moves, while sampled detours begin TIDY (+1), TING (+1), TINT (+1), VINY (+2).

Compare 7 calculated first moves

Move	Changed tile	Total	Verdict	Shortest continuations
TINS	4: Y -> S	6	Keeps par	1
TINE	4: Y -> E	6	Keeps par	2
TINK	4: Y -> K	6	Keeps par	8
TIDY	3: N -> D	7	Adds 1 move	1
TING	4: Y -> G	7	Adds 1 move	22
TINT	4: Y -> T	7	Adds 1 move	18
VINY	1: T -> V	8	Adds 2 moves	26

TINY opening fingerprint

TINY groups its legal first moves as tile 1: VINY; tile 3: TIDY; tile 4: TINS, TINE, TINK, TING, TINT. Two moves from the start, 64 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is TIME, TONE, TONS, BINS, DINE, HINT, LINE, LINK, LINT, MINK, PINE, PINS, SINS, TANK, TANS, TENS, TICK, TIDE, TILE, TILT, TINE, TINS, TIPS, TIRE.

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Graph reading

LOOP is the narrowest displayed bridge

After LOOK becomes LOOP, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as BOOK, COOK, HOOK, LOOM show what the route declined.

Direct-shape gains: 4
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: 2026-08-16 22:32 UTC Puzzle date: October 13, 2026