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Poople #430 GIVE Answer

Poople #430 started at GIVE on October 18, 2026. Its selective opening changes letters in the sequence G>L, V>M, E>P, L>P, I>O, 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 GIVE, including 7 legal openings and route signature 1-3-4-1-2-3.
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GIVE route profile

Par6 moves7 words including start and target
Shortest routes3Exact routes in the current accepted graph
Legal first moves72 keep par
Route shapeselective openingLetter positions 1-3-4-1-2-3
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The hint describes the move without naming the word. The full route stays closed until you ask for it.

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The current row reads G-I-V-E. 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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GIVE -> LIVE -> LIME -> LIMP -> PIMP -> POMP -> POOP

Step 0GIVEStart
Step 1LIVEBridge
Step 2LIMEBridge
Step 3LIMPBridge
Step 4PIMPBridge
Step 5POMPBridge
Step 6POOPTarget
Route anatomy

What changes at every step

  1. Step 1GIVE -> LIVE

    Tile 1 changes G to L; the move is sideways by letter shape. LIVE has 15 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 5 moves remaining. Other legal exits from GIVE include DIVE, FIVE, GAVE, JIVE.

  2. Step 2LIVE -> LIME

    Tile 3 changes V to M; the move is sideways by letter shape. LIME has 17 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from LIVE include LIKE, LIFE, LINE, LOVE.

  3. Step 3LIME -> LIMP

    Tile 4 changes E to P; the move is closer by letter shape. LIMP has 11 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from LIME include TIME, LIMO, LIMA, LIMB.

  4. Step 4LIMP -> PIMP

    Tile 1 changes L to P; the move is closer by letter shape. PIMP has 5 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from LIMP include LUMP, SIMP, WIMP, LAMP.

  5. Step 5PIMP -> POMP

    Tile 2 changes I to O; the move is closer by letter shape. POMP has 6 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 1 move remaining. Other legal exits from PIMP include PUMP, SIMP, WIMP.

  6. Step 6POMP -> 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, ROMP, POME.

Opening decision

Which first moves preserve par?

GIVE has 7 legal one-letter neighbors. LIVE, DIVE keep the route at 6 moves, while sampled detours begin FIVE (+1), GAVE (+1), JIVE (+1), HIVE (+1).

Compare 7 calculated first moves
MoveChanged tileTotalVerdictShortest continuations
LIVE1: G -> L6Keeps par1
DIVE1: G -> D6Keeps par2
FIVE1: G -> F7Adds 1 move8
GAVE2: I -> A7Adds 1 move25
JIVE1: G -> J7Adds 1 move3
HIVE1: G -> H7Adds 1 move4
VIVE1: G -> V7Adds 1 move8

GIVE opening fingerprint

GIVE groups its legal first moves as tile 1: LIVE, DIVE, FIVE, JIVE, HIVE, VIVE; tile 2: GAVE. Two moves from the start, 50 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is DIME, DOVE, CAVE, DICE, DIKE, DINE, DIRE, DIVE, FILE, FIRE, GALE, GAME, HIKE, LICE, LIFE, LIKE, LINE, LIRE, LITE, LOVE, PAVE, SAVE, VILE, DIVA.

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PIMP is the narrowest displayed bridge

After LIMP becomes PIMP, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as LUMP, SIMP, WIMP, LAMP show what the route declined.

Direct-shape gains
4
Sideways steps
2
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: 2026-08-17 03:03 UTC Puzzle date: October 18, 2026