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Poople #572 REVS Answer

Poople #572 started at REVS on March 9, 2027. Its selective opening changes letters in the sequence V>D, E>O, R>C, D>O, S>P, C>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 REVS, including 6 legal openings and route signature 3-2-1-3-4-1.
Calculated from the current word graph

REVS route profile

Par6 moves7 words including start and target
Shortest routes4Exact routes in the current accepted graph
Legal first moves62 keep par
Route shapeselective openingLetter positions 3-2-1-3-4-1
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The current row reads R-E-V-S. Change position 3 and keep positions 1, 2, 4 fixed. Look for a consonant-to-consonant change. 2 different first moves preserve the shortest length.

Reveal the complete 6-move answer

REVS -> REDS -> RODS -> CODS -> COOS -> COOP -> POOP

Step 0REVSStart
Step 1REDSBridge
Step 2RODSBridge
Step 3CODSBridge
Step 4COOSBridge
Step 5COOPBridge
Step 6POOPTarget
Route anatomy

What changes at every step

  1. Step 1REVS -> REDS

    Tile 3 changes V to D; the move is sideways by letter shape. REDS has 12 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 5 moves remaining. Other legal exits from REVS include REGS, REPS, REFS, RECS.

  2. Step 2REDS -> RODS

    Tile 2 changes E to O; the move is closer by letter shape. RODS has 16 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from REDS include BEDS, REGS, MEDS, WEDS.

  3. Step 3RODS -> CODS

    Tile 1 changes R to C; the move is sideways by letter shape. CODS has 17 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from RODS include BODS, ROWS, GODS, MODS.

  4. Step 4CODS -> COOS

    Tile 3 changes D to O; the move is closer by letter shape. COOS has 15 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from CODS include CONS, COPS, COWS, COTS.

  5. Step 5COOS -> COOP

    Tile 4 changes S to P; the move is closer by letter shape. COOP has 14 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 1 move remaining. Other legal exits from COOS include COOL, COOK, BOOS, COOT.

  6. Step 6COOP -> 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?

REVS has 6 legal one-letter neighbors. REDS, REGS keep the route at 6 moves, while sampled detours begin REPS (+1), REFS (+1), RECS (+1), DEVS (+1).

Compare 6 calculated first moves
MoveChanged tileTotalVerdictShortest continuations
REDS3: V -> D6Keeps par3
REGS3: V -> G6Keeps par1
REPS3: V -> P7Adds 1 move10
REFS3: V -> F7Adds 1 move4
RECS3: V -> C7Adds 1 move22
DEVS1: R -> D7Adds 1 move1

REVS opening fingerprint

REVS groups its legal first moves as tile 1: DEVS; tile 3: REDS, REGS, REPS, REFS, RECS. Two moves from the start, 27 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is BEDS, BEGS, DENS, KEGS, LEGS, MEDS, PECS, PEGS, PEPS, RADS, RAGS, RAPS, REGS, RIDS, RIGS, ROCS, RUGS, WEDS, DEUS, DEWS, RECS, REDO, REFS, REPS.

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COOP is the narrowest displayed bridge

After COOS becomes COOP, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as COOL, COOK, BOOS, COOT 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: 2026-08-22 21:52 UTC Puzzle date: March 9, 2027