Poople #565 started at TEMP on March 2, 2027. Its selective opening changes letters in the sequence E>A, T>C, A>O, M>O, C>P, with 2 par-preserving first moves.
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-E-M-P. Change position 2 and keep positions 1, 3, 4 fixed. Look for a vowel-to-vowel change. 2 different first moves preserve the shortest length.
Reveal the complete 5-move answer
TEMP -> TAMP -> CAMP -> COMP -> COOP -> POOP
Step 0TEMPStart
Step 1TAMPBridge
Step 2CAMPBridge
Step 3COMPBridge
Step 4COOPBridge
Step 5POOPTarget
Route anatomy
What changes at every step
Step 1TEMP -> TAMP
Tile 2 changes E to A; the move is sideways by letter shape. TAMP has 8 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from TEMP include HEMP, KEMP.
Step 2TAMP -> CAMP
Tile 1 changes T to C; the move is sideways by letter shape. CAMP has 11 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from TAMP include RAMP, LAMP, DAMP, TAME.
Step 3CAMP -> COMP
Tile 2 changes A to O; the move is closer by letter shape. COMP has 8 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from CAMP include RAMP, CAME, LAMP, CAMS.
Step 4COMP -> COOP
Tile 3 changes M to O; the move is closer by letter shape. COOP has 14 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 1 move remaining. Other legal exits from COMP include POMP, COUP, ROMP, COME.
Step 5COOP -> POOP
Tile 1 changes C to P; the move is closer by letter shape. POOP has 11 legal neighbors, target reached, and 0 moves remaining. Other legal exits from COOP include LOOP, HOOP, BOOP, GOOP.
Opening decision
Which first moves preserve par?
TEMP has 3 legal one-letter neighbors. HEMP, TAMP keep the route at 5 moves, while sampled detours begin KEMP (+1).
Compare 3 calculated first moves
Move
Changed tile
Total
Verdict
Shortest continuations
HEMP
1: T -> H
5
Keeps par
1
TAMP
2: E -> A
5
Keeps par
3
KEMP
1: T -> K
6
Adds 1 move
2
TEMP opening fingerprint
TEMP groups its legal first moves as tile 1: HEMP, KEMP; tile 2: TAMP. Two moves from the start, 15 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is HUMP, RAMP, DAMP, HEME, HEMP, KEEP, LAMP, TAME, VAMP, HEAP, HELP, HEMS, KELP, KEMP, TARP.
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Graph reading
CAMP is the narrowest displayed bridge
After TAMP becomes CAMP, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as RAMP, LAMP, DAMP, TAME show what the route declined.
Direct-shape gains
3
Sideways steps
2
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: liveGraph synced: 2026-08-22 14:17 UTCPuzzle date: March 2, 2027