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Poople #432 SUIT Answer

Poople #432 started at SUIT on October 20, 2026. Its narrow opening changes letters in the sequence U>L, I>O, S>P, T>P, L>O, with 1 par-preserving first moves.

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

Calculated from the current word graph

SUIT route profile

Par5 moves6 words including start and target

Shortest routes3Exact routes in the current accepted graph

Legal first moves71 keep par

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

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

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The current row reads S-U-I-T. Change position 2 and keep positions 1, 3, 4 fixed. Look for a vowel-to-consonant change. Only one first move preserves the shortest length.

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SUIT -> SLIT -> SLOT -> PLOT -> PLOP -> POOP

Step 0SUITStart

Step 1SLITBridge

Step 2SLOTBridge

Step 3PLOTBridge

Step 4PLOPBridge

Step 5POOPTarget

Route anatomy

What changes at every step

Step 1SUIT -> SLIT

Tile 2 changes U to L; the move is sideways by letter shape. SLIT has 12 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from SUIT include SHIT, SPIT, SKIT, SNIT.
Step 2SLIT -> SLOT

Tile 3 changes I to O; the move is closer by letter shape. SLOT has 14 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from SLIT include SLIP, SLIM, CLIT, SLID.
Step 3SLOT -> PLOT

Tile 1 changes S to P; the move is closer by letter shape. PLOT has 8 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from SLOT include SLOP, SLOW, BLOT, SOOT.
Step 4PLOT -> PLOP

Tile 4 changes T to P; the move is closer by letter shape. PLOP has 11 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 1 move remaining. Other legal exits from PLOT include PLOW, PLOY, PLOD, PLAT.
Step 5PLOP -> POOP

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

Opening decision

Which first moves preserve par?

SUIT has 7 legal one-letter neighbors, but only SLIT keeps the route at 5 moves. Nearby detours begin SHIT (+1), SPIT (+1), SKIT (+1), SNIT (+1).

Compare 7 calculated first moves

Move	Changed tile	Total	Verdict	Shortest continuations
SLIT	2: U -> L	5	Keeps par	3
SHIT	2: U -> H	6	Adds 1 move	16
SPIT	2: U -> P	6	Adds 1 move	9
SKIT	2: U -> K	6	Adds 1 move	4
SNIT	2: U -> N	6	Adds 1 move	10
QUIT	1: S -> Q	7	Adds 2 moves	3
SUET	3: I -> E	7	Adds 2 moves	7

SUIT opening fingerprint

SUIT groups its legal first moves as tile 1: QUIT; tile 2: SLIT, SHIT, SPIT, SKIT, SNIT; tile 3: SUET. Two moves from the start, 38 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is SLIP, CHIT, CLIT, FLIT, SHIP, SHOT, SKIP, SLAT, SLID, SLIM, SNIP, SNOT, SPOT, SHAT, SHIM, SHIN, SHIT, SHIV, SHUT, SKID, SKIM, SKIN, SKIS, SKIT.

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Graph reading

PLOT is the narrowest displayed bridge

After SLOT becomes PLOT, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as SLOP, SLOW, BLOT, SOOT 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: 2026-08-17 05:01 UTC Puzzle date: October 20, 2026