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Poople #526 DIET Answer

Poople #526 started at DIET on January 22, 2027. Its selective opening changes letters in the sequence T>S, I>O, S>R, E>O, D>P, R>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 DIET, including 5 legal openings and route signature 4-2-4-3-1-4.

Calculated from the current word graph

DIET route profile

Par6 moves7 words including start and target

Shortest routes2Exact routes in the current accepted graph

Legal first moves52 keep par

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

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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 D-I-E-T. Change position 4 and keep positions 1, 2, 3 fixed. Look for a consonant-to-consonant change. 2 different first moves preserve the shortest length.

Reveal the complete 6-move answer

DIET -> DIES -> DOES -> DOER -> DOOR -> POOR -> POOP

Step 0DIETStart

Step 1DIESBridge

Step 2DOESBridge

Step 3DOERBridge

Step 4DOORBridge

Step 5POORBridge

Step 6POOPTarget

Route anatomy

What changes at every step

Step 1DIET -> DIES

Tile 4 changes T to S; the move is sideways by letter shape. DIES has 14 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 5 moves remaining. Other legal exits from DIET include DIED, DIRT, DUET, DINT.
Step 2DIES -> DOES

Tile 2 changes I to O; the move is closer by letter shape. DOES has 16 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from DIES include DIED, LIES, DUES, PIES.
Step 3DOES -> DOER

Tile 4 changes S to R; the move is sideways by letter shape. DOER has 7 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from DOES include DOGS, DOTS, WOES, HOES.
Step 4DOER -> DOOR

Tile 3 changes E to O; the move is closer by letter shape. DOOR has 6 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from DOER include DOUR, DEER, DYER, GOER.
Step 5DOOR -> POOR

Tile 1 changes D to P; the move is closer by letter shape. POOR has 7 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 1 move remaining. Other legal exits from DOOR include MOOR, BOOR, DOOM, DOUR.
Step 6POOR -> POOP

Tile 4 changes R to P; the move is closer by letter shape. POOP has 11 legal neighbors, target reached, and 0 moves remaining. Other legal exits from POOR include POOL, POOF, POUR, MOOR.

Opening decision

Which first moves preserve par?

DIET has 5 legal one-letter neighbors. DIED, DIES keep the route at 6 moves, while sampled detours begin DIRT (+1), DUET (+1), DINT (+1).

Compare 5 calculated first moves

Move	Changed tile	Total	Verdict	Shortest continuations
DIED	4: T -> D	6	Keeps par	1
DIES	4: T -> S	6	Keeps par	1
DIRT	3: E -> R	7	Adds 1 move	2
DUET	2: I -> U	7	Adds 1 move	4
DINT	3: E -> N	7	Adds 1 move	5

DIET opening fingerprint

DIET groups its legal first moves as tile 2: DUET; tile 3: DIRT, DINT; tile 4: DIED, DIES. Two moves from the start, 37 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is PIED, DEED, DIBS, DIED, DIGS, DIMS, DINE, DIRE, DIRK, DUEL, DUES, DUST, DYED, DYES, HINT, LIED, LIES, LINT, PIES, TIED, VIED, DART, DENT, DING.

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Graph reading

DOOR is the narrowest displayed bridge

After DOER becomes DOOR, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as DOUR, DEER, DYER, GOER 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: 2026-08-21 00:01 UTC Puzzle date: January 22, 2027