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Poople #566 EYES Answer

Poople #566 started at EYES on March 3, 2027. Its narrow opening changes letters in the sequence E>D, Y>O, S>R, E>O, D>P, R>P, with 1 par-preserving first moves.

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Archive value: this is not a copied daily page. Its tables are calculated for EYES, including 8 legal openings and route signature 1-2-4-3-1-4.

Calculated from the current word graph

EYES route profile

Par6 moves7 words including start and target

Shortest routes2Exact routes in the current accepted graph

Legal first moves81 keep par

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

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Reveal a direction, not a word

The current row reads E-Y-E-S. Change position 1 and keep positions 2, 3, 4 fixed. Look for a vowel-to-consonant change. Only one first move preserves the shortest length.

Reveal the complete 6-move answer

EYES -> DYES -> DOES -> DOER -> DOOR -> POOR -> POOP

Step 0EYESStart

Step 1DYESBridge

Step 2DOESBridge

Step 3DOERBridge

Step 4DOORBridge

Step 5POORBridge

Step 6POOPTarget

Route anatomy

What changes at every step

Step 1EYES -> DYES

Tile 1 changes E to D; the move is sideways by letter shape. DYES has 8 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 5 moves remaining. Other legal exits from EYES include EYED, BYES, LYES, EVES.
Step 2DYES -> DOES

Tile 2 changes Y 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 DYES include DYER, DIES, DUES, DYED.
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?

EYES has 8 legal one-letter neighbors, but only DYES keeps the route at 6 moves. Nearby detours begin EYED (+1), BYES (+1), LYES (+1), EVES (+2).

Compare 8 calculated first moves

Move	Changed tile	Total	Verdict	Shortest continuations
DYES	1: E -> D	6	Keeps par	2
EYED	4: S -> D	7	Adds 1 move	1
BYES	1: E -> B	7	Adds 1 move	7
LYES	1: E -> L	7	Adds 1 move	4
EVES	2: Y -> V	8	Adds 2 moves	2
EWES	2: Y -> W	8	Adds 2 moves	2
EXES	2: Y -> X	8	Adds 2 moves	2
EKES	2: Y -> K	8	Adds 2 moves	2

EYES opening fingerprint

EYES groups its legal first moves as tile 1: DYES, BYES, LYES; tile 2: EVES, EWES, EXES, EKES; tile 4: EYED. Two moves from the start, 22 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is DYER, BEES, DIES, DUES, DYED, LEES, LIES, BYES, LYES, EKED, EKES, EVES, EWES, EXES, AVES, AWES, AXES, EVEN, EVER, EWER, EXEC, OWES.

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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: 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: 2026-08-22 15:30 UTC Puzzle date: March 3, 2027