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Poople #505 TITS Answer

Poople #505 started at TITS on January 1, 2027. Its selective opening changes letters in the sequence T>B, I>O, T>O, S>P, B>P, with 2 par-preserving first moves.

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Archive value: this is not a copied daily page. Its tables are calculated for TITS, including 16 legal openings and route signature 1-2-3-4-1.

Calculated from the current word graph

TITS route profile

Par5 moves6 words including start and target

Shortest routes3Exact routes in the current accepted graph

Legal first moves162 keep par

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

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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-I-T-S. 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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TITS -> BITS -> BOTS -> BOOS -> BOOP -> POOP

Step 0TITSStart

Step 1BITSBridge

Step 2BOTSBridge

Step 3BOOSBridge

Step 4BOOPBridge

Step 5POOPTarget

Route anatomy

What changes at every step

Step 1TITS -> BITS

Tile 1 changes T to B; the move is sideways by letter shape. BITS has 18 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from TITS include TOTS, TIPS, HITS, KITS.
Step 2BITS -> BOTS

Tile 2 changes I to O; the move is closer by letter shape. BOTS has 22 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from BITS include BIDS, BIAS, BETS, BATS.
Step 3BOTS -> BOOS

Tile 3 changes T to O; the move is closer by letter shape. BOOS has 21 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from BOTS include BOYS, BOSS, BOWS, COTS.
Step 4BOOS -> BOOP

Tile 4 changes S to P; the move is closer by letter shape. BOOP has 12 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 1 move remaining. Other legal exits from BOOS include BOOK, BOOT, BOOB, BOOM.
Step 5BOOP -> POOP

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

Opening decision

Which first moves preserve par?

TITS has 16 legal one-letter neighbors. BITS, TOTS keep the route at 5 moves, while sampled detours begin TIPS (+1), HITS (+1), KITS (+1), FITS (+1).

Compare 8 calculated first moves

Move	Changed tile	Total	Verdict	Shortest continuations
BITS	1: T -> B	5	Keeps par	1
TOTS	2: I -> O	5	Keeps par	2
TIPS	3: T -> P	6	Adds 1 move	2
HITS	1: T -> H	6	Adds 1 move	3
KITS	1: T -> K	6	Adds 1 move	1
FITS	1: T -> F	6	Adds 1 move	1
SITS	1: T -> S	6	Adds 1 move	1
PITS	1: T -> P	6	Adds 1 move	3

TITS opening fingerprint

TITS groups its legal first moves as tile 1: BITS, HITS, KITS, FITS, SITS, PITS, WITS, NITS, ZITS; tile 2: TOTS, TATS, TUTS; tile 3: TIPS, TINS, TIES, TICS. Two moves from the start, 118 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is COTS, BATS, BETS, BIAS, BIBS, BIDS, BUTS, CATS, CUTS, DOTS, HOTS, JOTS, LOTS, POTS, ROTS, TOMS, TONS, TOPS, TOSS, TOTE, TOTS, TOWS, TOYS, BINS.

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Graph reading

BOOP is the narrowest displayed bridge

After BOOS becomes BOOP, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as BOOK, BOOT, BOOB, BOOM show what the route declined.

Direct-shape gains: 4
Sideways steps: 1
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: 2026-08-20 04:39 UTC Puzzle date: January 1, 2027