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Poople #608 VISE Answer

Poople #608 started at VISE on April 14, 2027. Its selective opening changes letters in the sequence S>L, V>P, E>L, I>O, L>O, L>P, with 3 par-preserving first moves.

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Archive value: this is not a copied daily page. Its tables are calculated for VISE, including 10 legal openings and route signature 3-1-4-2-3-4.

Calculated from the current word graph

VISE route profile

Par6 moves7 words including start and target

Shortest routes7Exact routes in the current accepted graph

Legal first moves103 keep par

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

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The current row reads V-I-S-E. Change position 3 and keep positions 1, 2, 4 fixed. Look for a consonant-to-consonant change. 3 different first moves preserve the shortest length.

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VISE -> VILE -> PILE -> PILL -> POLL -> POOL -> POOP

Step 0VISEStart

Step 1VILEBridge

Step 2PILEBridge

Step 3PILLBridge

Step 4POLLBridge

Step 5POOLBridge

Step 6POOPTarget

Route anatomy

What changes at every step

Step 1VISE -> VILE

Tile 3 changes S to L; the move is sideways by letter shape. VILE has 15 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 5 moves remaining. Other legal exits from VISE include RISE, WISE, VICE, VASE.
Step 2VILE -> PILE

Tile 1 changes V to P; the move is closer by letter shape. PILE has 13 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from VILE include VOLE, FILE, MILE, TILE.
Step 3PILE -> PILL

Tile 4 changes E to L; the move is sideways by letter shape. PILL has 15 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from PILE include POLE, PIPE, PALE, PIKE.
Step 4PILL -> POLL

Tile 2 changes I to O; the move is closer by letter shape. POLL has 12 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from PILL include PULL, PALL, WILL, BILL.
Step 5POLL -> POOL

Tile 3 changes L to O; the move is closer by letter shape. POOL has 8 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 1 move remaining. Other legal exits from POLL include ROLL, TOLL, PULL, DOLL.
Step 6POOL -> POOP

Tile 4 changes L to P; the move is closer by letter shape. POOP has 11 legal neighbors, target reached, and 0 moves remaining. Other legal exits from POOL include POOR, POOF, TOOL, COOL.

Opening decision

Which first moves preserve par?

VISE has 10 legal one-letter neighbors. RISE, WISE, VILE keep the route at 6 moves, while sampled detours begin VICE (+1), VASE (+1), VINE (+1), VIBE (+1).

Compare 8 calculated first moves

Move	Changed tile	Total	Verdict	Shortest continuations
RISE	1: V -> R	6	Keeps par	1
WISE	1: V -> W	6	Keeps par	1
VILE	3: S -> L	6	Keeps par	5
VICE	3: S -> C	7	Adds 1 move	8
VASE	2: I -> A	7	Adds 1 move	16
VINE	3: S -> N	7	Adds 1 move	15
VIBE	3: S -> B	7	Adds 1 move	5
VIVE	3: S -> V	7	Adds 1 move	8

VISE opening fingerprint

VISE groups its legal first moves as tile 1: RISE, WISE; tile 2: VASE; tile 3: VILE, VICE, VINE, VIBE, VIVE, VITE; tile 4: VISA. Two moves from the start, 69 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is ROSE, VOLE, WISP, BASE, BILE, BITE, CASE, CITE, DICE, DINE, DIVE, FILE, LICE, LINE, LITE, LIVE, MILE, PINE, RASE, RILE, RIME, RIPE, RISE, RUSE.

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Graph reading

POOL is the narrowest displayed bridge

After POLL becomes POOL, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as ROLL, TOLL, PULL, DOLL 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: 2026-08-24 11:56 UTC Puzzle date: April 14, 2027