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Poople #633 NUDE Answer

Poople #633 started at NUDE on May 9, 2027. Its selective opening changes letters in the sequence U>O, N>C, D>M, E>P, M>O, C>P, with 2 par-preserving first moves.

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Calculated from the current word graph

NUDE route profile

Par6 moves7 words including start and target
Shortest routes10Exact routes in the current accepted graph
Legal first moves42 keep par
Route shapeselective openingLetter positions 2-1-3-4-3-1
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The current row reads N-U-D-E. Change position 2 and keep positions 1, 3, 4 fixed. Look for a vowel-to-vowel change. 2 different first moves preserve the shortest length.

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NUDE -> NODE -> CODE -> COME -> COMP -> COOP -> POOP

Step 0NUDEStart
Step 1NODEBridge
Step 2CODEBridge
Step 3COMEBridge
Step 4COMPBridge
Step 5COOPBridge
Step 6POOPTarget
Route anatomy

What changes at every step

  1. Step 1NUDE -> NODE

    Tile 2 changes U to O; the move is closer by letter shape. NODE has 11 legal neighbors, 5 shortest continuations, and 5 moves remaining. Other legal exits from NUDE include NUKE, DUDE, RUDE.

  2. Step 2NODE -> CODE

    Tile 1 changes N to C; the move is sideways by letter shape. CODE has 16 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from NODE include NOSE, NOPE, BODE, NODS.

  3. Step 3CODE -> COME

    Tile 3 changes D to M; the move is sideways by letter shape. COME has 17 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from CODE include CODS, CORE, COLE, COVE.

  4. Step 4COME -> 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.

  5. Step 5COMP -> 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.

  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?

NUDE has 4 legal one-letter neighbors. NODE, NUKE keep the route at 6 moves, while sampled detours begin DUDE (+1), RUDE (+1).

Compare 4 calculated first moves
MoveChanged tileTotalVerdictShortest continuations
NODE2: U -> O6Keeps par9
NUKE3: D -> K6Keeps par1
DUDE1: N -> D7Adds 1 move5
RUDE1: N -> R7Adds 1 move16

NUDE opening fingerprint

NUDE groups its legal first moves as tile 1: DUDE, RUDE; tile 2: NODE; tile 3: NUKE. Two moves from the start, 22 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is BODE, NODS, NOPE, NOSE, PUKE, DUDS, DUKE, DUNE, DUPE, JUKE, LODE, MODE, NONE, NOTE, RODE, RULE, RUSE, DUDE, RIDE, RUBE, RUDE, RUNE.

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COOP is the narrowest displayed bridge

After COMP becomes COOP, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as POMP, COUP, ROMP, CAMP 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: 2026-08-25 14:20 UTC Puzzle date: May 9, 2027