Poople #606 started at FUZZ on April 12, 2027. Its narrow opening changes letters in the sequence Z>E, Z>M, U>A, F>C, A>O, E>P, M>O, C>P, 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 F-U-Z-Z. Change position 4 and keep positions 1, 2, 3 fixed. Look for a consonant-to-vowel change. Only one first move preserves the shortest length.
Reveal the complete 8-move answer
FUZZ -> FUZE -> FUME -> FAME -> CAME -> COME -> COMP -> COOP -> POOP
Step 0FUZZStart
Step 1FUZEBridge
Step 2FUMEBridge
Step 3FAMEBridge
Step 4CAMEBridge
Step 5COMEBridge
Step 6COMPBridge
Step 7COOPBridge
Step 8POOPTarget
Route anatomy
What changes at every step
Step 1FUZZ -> FUZE
Tile 4 changes Z to E; the move is sideways by letter shape. FUZE has 4 legal neighbors, 3 shortest continuations, and 7 moves remaining. Other legal exits from FUZZ include BUZZ, FIZZ.
Step 2FUZE -> FUME
Tile 3 changes Z to M; the move is sideways by letter shape. FUME has 3 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 6 moves remaining. Other legal exits from FUZE include FUSE, FAZE.
Step 3FUME -> FAME
Tile 2 changes U to A; the move is sideways by letter shape. FAME has 15 legal neighbors, 4 shortest continuations, and 5 moves remaining. Other legal exits from FUME include FUSE.
Step 4FAME -> CAME
Tile 1 changes F to C; the move is sideways by letter shape. CAME has 20 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from FAME include SAME, DAME, TAME, NAME.
Step 5CAME -> COME
Tile 2 changes A to O; the move is closer by letter shape. COME has 17 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from CAME include CAMP, SAME, CAMS, DAME.
Step 6COME -> COMP
Tile 4 changes E to P; the move is closer by letter shape. COMP has 8 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from COME include POME, HOME, SOME, DOME.
Step 7COMP -> 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, CAMP.
Step 8COOP -> 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?
FUZZ has 3 legal one-letter neighbors, but only FUZE keeps the route at 8 moves. Nearby detours begin BUZZ (+2), FIZZ (+2).
Compare 3 calculated first moves
Move
Changed tile
Total
Verdict
Shortest continuations
FUZE
4: Z -> E
8
Keeps par
21
BUZZ
1: F -> B
10
Adds 2 moves
21
FIZZ
2: U -> I
10
Adds 2 moves
21
FUZZ opening fingerprint
FUZZ groups its legal first moves as tile 1: BUZZ; tile 2: FIZZ; tile 4: FUZE. Two moves from the start, 3 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is FAZE, FUSE, JIZZ.
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Graph reading
FUME is the narrowest displayed bridge
After FUZE becomes FUME, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as FUSE, FAZE show what the route declined.
Direct-shape gains
4
Sideways steps
4
Temporary shape detours
0
Steps touching a vowel
5
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: 2026-08-24 09:46 UTCPuzzle date: April 12, 2027