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Poople #580 BEES Answer

Poople #580 started at BEES on March 17, 2027. Its flexible opening changes letters in the sequence S>P, B>P, E>R, E>O, R>O, with 5 par-preserving first moves.

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Archive value: this is not a copied daily page. Its tables are calculated for BEES, including 17 legal openings and route signature 4-1-2-3-2.

Calculated from the current word graph

BEES route profile

Par5 moves6 words including start and target

Shortest routes5Exact routes in the current accepted graph

Legal first moves175 keep par

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

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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 B-E-E-S. Change position 4 and keep positions 1, 2, 3 fixed. Look for a consonant-to-consonant change. 5 different first moves preserve the shortest length.

Reveal the complete 5-move answer

BEES -> BEEP -> PEEP -> PREP -> PROP -> POOP

Step 0BEESStart

Step 1BEEPBridge

Step 2PEEPBridge

Step 3PREPBridge

Step 4PROPBridge

Step 5POOPTarget

Route anatomy

What changes at every step

Step 1BEES -> BEEP

Tile 4 changes S to P; the move is closer by letter shape. BEEP has 10 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from BEES include BEDS, BETS, BEGS, PEES.
Step 2BEEP -> PEEP

Tile 1 changes B to P; the move is closer by letter shape. PEEP has 13 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from BEEP include KEEP, DEEP, WEEP, SEEP.
Step 3PEEP -> PREP

Tile 2 changes E to R; the move is sideways by letter shape. PREP has 4 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from PEEP include KEEP, DEEP, PEER, PEEL.
Step 4PREP -> PROP

Tile 3 changes E to O; the move is closer by letter shape. PROP has 11 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 1 move remaining. Other legal exits from PREP include PREY, PREZ.
Step 5PROP -> POOP

Tile 2 changes R to O; the move is closer by letter shape. POOP has 11 legal neighbors, target reached, and 0 moves remaining. Other legal exits from PROP include PLOP, DROP, CROP, PROS.

Opening decision

Which first moves preserve par?

BEES has 17 legal one-letter neighbors. BEDS, BETS, BEEP, BEGS, PEES keep the route at 5 moves, while sampled detours begin BEEN (+1), FEES (+1), BEER (+1), BEEF (+1).

Compare 9 calculated first moves

Move	Changed tile	Total	Verdict	Shortest continuations
BEDS	3: E -> D	5	Keeps par	1
BETS	3: E -> T	5	Keeps par	1
BEEP	4: S -> P	5	Keeps par	1
BEGS	3: E -> G	5	Keeps par	1
PEES	1: B -> P	5	Keeps par	1
BEEN	4: S -> N	6	Adds 1 move	2
FEES	1: B -> F	6	Adds 1 move	1
BEER	4: S -> R	6	Adds 1 move	5
BEEF	4: S -> F	6	Adds 1 move	1

BEES opening fingerprint

BEES groups its legal first moves as tile 1: PEES, FEES, SEES, TEES, LEES, GEES, WEES, VEES; tile 2: BYES; tile 3: BEDS, BETS, BEGS; tile 4: BEEP, BEEN, BEER, BEEF, BEET. Two moves from the start, 113 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is BODS, BOGS, BOTS, BAGS, BATS, BEAR, BEAT, BEDS, BEGS, BELT, BETS, BIDS, BITS, BUDS, BUGS, BUTS, DEEP, DEER, KEEP, PEED, PEEK, PEEL, PEEN, PEER.

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Graph reading

PREP is the narrowest displayed bridge

After PEEP becomes PREP, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as KEEP, DEEP, PEER, PEEL show what the route declined.

Direct-shape gains: 4
Sideways steps: 1
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: 2026-08-23 06:13 UTC Puzzle date: March 17, 2027