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Poople #515 BEAU Answer

Poople #515 started at BEAU on January 11, 2027. Its selective opening changes letters in the sequence U>T, E>O, A>O, T>P, B>P, with 2 par-preserving first moves.

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Calculated from the current word graph

BEAU route profile

Par5 moves6 words including start and target
Shortest routes3Exact routes in the current accepted graph
Legal first moves62 keep par
Route shapeselective openingLetter positions 4-2-3-4-1
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The current row reads B-E-A-U. Change position 4 and keep positions 1, 2, 3 fixed. Look for a vowel-to-consonant change. 2 different first moves preserve the shortest length.

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BEAU -> BEAT -> BOAT -> BOOT -> BOOP -> POOP

Step 0BEAUStart
Step 1BEATBridge
Step 2BOATBridge
Step 3BOOTBridge
Step 4BOOPBridge
Step 5POOPTarget
Route anatomy

What changes at every step

  1. Step 1BEAU -> BEAT

    Tile 4 changes U to T; the move is sideways by letter shape. BEAT has 20 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from BEAU include BEAR, BEAM, BEAN, BEAD.

  2. Step 2BEAT -> BOAT

    Tile 2 changes E to O; the move is closer by letter shape. BOAT has 11 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from BEAT include BEAR, BELT, PEAT, BRAT.

  3. Step 3BOAT -> BOOT

    Tile 3 changes A to O; the move is closer by letter shape. BOOT has 20 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from BOAT include COAT, BOLT, BOUT, BOAR.

  4. Step 4BOOT -> BOOP

    Tile 4 changes T 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 BOOT include BOOK, BOOB, BOOM, BOON.

  5. 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?

BEAU has 6 legal one-letter neighbors. BEAR, BEAT keep the route at 5 moves, while sampled detours begin BEAM (+1), BEAN (+1), BEAD (+1), BEAK (+1).

Compare 6 calculated first moves
MoveChanged tileTotalVerdictShortest continuations
BEAR4: U -> R5Keeps par2
BEAT4: U -> T5Keeps par1
BEAM4: U -> M6Adds 1 move4
BEAN4: U -> N6Adds 1 move4
BEAD4: U -> D6Adds 1 move3
BEAK4: U -> K6Adds 1 move4

BEAU opening fingerprint

BEAU groups its legal first moves as tile 4: BEAR, BEAT, BEAM, BEAN, BEAD, BEAK. Two moves from the start, 55 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is BOAR, BEAR, BECK, BELT, BLAT, BRAT, LEAM, LEAN, PEAT, BEAD, BEAK, BEAM, BEAN, BEEN, BEER, BEET, BEND, BENT, BEST, BLAM, BRAN, DEAN, DEAR, FEAR.

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Graph reading

BOAT is the narrowest displayed bridge

After BEAT becomes BOAT, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as BEAR, BELT, PEAT, BRAT 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: 2026-08-20 13:50 UTC Puzzle date: January 11, 2027