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Poople #544 MOVE Answer

Poople #544 started at MOVE on February 9, 2027. Its flexible opening changes letters in the sequence V>L, M>P, E>L, L>O, L>P, with 5 par-preserving first moves.

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Calculated from the current word graph

MOVE route profile

Par5 moves6 words including start and target
Shortest routes8Exact routes in the current accepted graph
Legal first moves105 keep par
Route shapeflexible openingLetter positions 3-1-4-3-4
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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 M-O-V-E. Change position 3 and keep positions 1, 2, 4 fixed. Look for a consonant-to-consonant change. 5 different first moves preserve the shortest length.

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MOVE -> MOLE -> POLE -> POLL -> POOL -> POOP

Step 0MOVEStart
Step 1MOLEBridge
Step 2POLEBridge
Step 3POLLBridge
Step 4POOLBridge
Step 5POOPTarget
Route anatomy

What changes at every step

  1. Step 1MOVE -> MOLE

    Tile 3 changes V to L; the move is sideways by letter shape. MOLE has 18 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from MOVE include MORE, COVE, DOVE, MOPE.

  2. Step 2MOLE -> POLE

    Tile 1 changes M to P; the move is closer by letter shape. POLE has 18 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from MOLE include MORE, ROLE, HOLE, SOLE.

  3. Step 3POLE -> POLL

    Tile 4 changes E to L; the move is sideways by letter shape. POLL has 12 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from POLE include POME, POPE, POLO, POLY.

  4. Step 4POLL -> POOL

    Tile 3 changes L to O; the move is closer by letter shape. POOL has 8 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 1 move remaining. Other legal exits from POLL include ROLL, TOLL, PULL, PILL.

  5. Step 5POOL -> POOP

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

Opening decision

Which first moves preserve par?

MOVE has 10 legal one-letter neighbors. MORE, COVE, DOVE, MOLE, MOPE keep the route at 5 moves, while sampled detours begin LOVE (+1), MODE (+1), ROVE (+1), MOTE (+1).

Compare 9 calculated first moves
MoveChanged tileTotalVerdictShortest continuations
MORE3: V -> R5Keeps par1
COVE1: M -> C5Keeps par3
DOVE1: M -> D5Keeps par1
MOLE3: V -> L5Keeps par2
MOPE3: V -> P5Keeps par1
LOVE1: M -> L6Adds 1 move8
MODE3: V -> D6Adds 1 move14
ROVE1: M -> R6Adds 1 move9
MOTE3: V -> T6Adds 1 move10

MOVE opening fingerprint

MOVE groups its legal first moves as tile 1: COVE, DOVE, LOVE, ROVE, WOVE; tile 3: MORE, MOLE, MOPE, MODE, MOTE. Two moves from the start, 81 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is COME, DOME, POPE, PORE, BODE, BORE, CODE, COKE, COLE, CONE, COPE, CORE, COTE, COVE, DOGE, DOLE, DONE, DOPE, DOSE, DOTE, DOVE, DOZE, FORE, GORE.

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POOL is the narrowest displayed bridge

After POLL becomes POOL, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as ROLL, TOLL, PULL, PILL show what the route declined.

Direct-shape gains
3
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 17:05 UTC Puzzle date: February 9, 2027