Poople #590 started at IRIS on March 27, 2027. Its narrow opening changes letters in the sequence I>B, I>O, B>P, S>P, R>O, with 1 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 I-R-I-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 5-move answer
IRIS -> BRIS -> BROS -> PROS -> PROP -> POOP
Step 0IRISStart
Step 1BRISBridge
Step 2BROSBridge
Step 3PROSBridge
Step 4PROPBridge
Step 5POOPTarget
Route anatomy
What changes at every step
Step 1IRIS -> BRIS
Tile 1 changes I to B; the move is sideways by letter shape. BRIS has 6 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from IRIS include IBIS, IRKS.
Step 2BRIS -> BROS
Tile 3 changes I to O; the move is closer by letter shape. BROS has 6 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from BRIS include BRAS, BRIG, BRIM, BRIE.
Step 3BROS -> PROS
Tile 1 changes B to P; the move is closer by letter shape. PROS has 8 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from BROS include BOOS, EROS, BROW, BRAS.
Step 4PROS -> PROP
Tile 4 changes S to P; the move is closer by letter shape. PROP has 11 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 1 move remaining. Other legal exits from PROS include PROF, PROM, PROD, PROG.
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, PREP.
Opening decision
Which first moves preserve par?
IRIS has 3 legal one-letter neighbors, but only BRIS keeps the route at 5 moves. Nearby detours begin IBIS (+2), IRKS (+2).
Compare 3 calculated first moves
Move
Changed tile
Total
Verdict
Shortest continuations
BRIS
1: I -> B
5
Keeps par
2
IBIS
2: R -> B
7
Adds 2 moves
2
IRKS
3: I -> K
7
Adds 2 moves
2
IRIS opening fingerprint
IRIS groups its legal first moves as tile 1: BRIS; tile 2: IBIS; tile 3: IRKS. Two moves from the start, 6 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is BRAS, BRIG, BRIM, BRIE, INKS, ARKS.
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Graph reading
BRIS is the narrowest displayed bridge
After IRIS becomes BRIS, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as IBIS, IRKS 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: liveGraph synced: 2026-08-23 16:34 UTCPuzzle date: March 27, 2027