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Poople #643 GARB Answer

Poople #643 started at GARB on May 19, 2027. Its selective opening changes letters in the sequence G>C, B>P, R>M, A>O, M>O, C>P, with 2 par-preserving first moves.

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Archive value: this is not a copied daily page. Its tables are calculated for GARB, including 3 legal openings and route signature 1-4-3-2-3-1.
Calculated from the current word graph

GARB route profile

Par6 moves7 words including start and target
Shortest routes3Exact routes in the current accepted graph
Legal first moves32 keep par
Route shapeselective openingLetter positions 1-4-3-2-3-1
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Reveal a direction, not a word

The current row reads G-A-R-B. Change position 1 and keep positions 2, 3, 4 fixed. Look for a consonant-to-consonant change. 2 different first moves preserve the shortest length.

Reveal the complete 6-move answer

GARB -> CARB -> CARP -> CAMP -> COMP -> COOP -> POOP

Step 0GARBStart
Step 1CARBBridge
Step 2CARPBridge
Step 3CAMPBridge
Step 4COMPBridge
Step 5COOPBridge
Step 6POOPTarget
Route anatomy

What changes at every step

  1. Step 1GARB -> CARB

    Tile 1 changes G to C; the move is sideways by letter shape. CARB has 8 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 5 moves remaining. Other legal exits from GARB include BARB, GARS.

  2. Step 2CARB -> CARP

    Tile 4 changes B to P; the move is closer by letter shape. CARP has 10 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from CARB include CARE, CARD, CART, CARS.

  3. Step 3CARP -> CAMP

    Tile 3 changes R to M; the move is sideways by letter shape. CAMP has 11 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from CARP include CARE, CARD, CART, CARS.

  4. Step 4CAMP -> COMP

    Tile 2 changes A to O; the move is closer by letter shape. COMP has 8 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from CAMP include RAMP, CAME, LAMP, CAMS.

  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, COME.

  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?

GARB has 3 legal one-letter neighbors. CARB, BARB keep the route at 6 moves, while sampled detours begin GARS (+1).

Compare 3 calculated first moves
MoveChanged tileTotalVerdictShortest continuations
CARB1: G -> C6Keeps par2
BARB1: G -> B6Keeps par1
GARS4: B -> S7Adds 1 move30

GARB opening fingerprint

GARB groups its legal first moves as tile 1: CARB, BARB; tile 4: GARS. Two moves from the start, 27 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is BARN, BARB, BARD, BARE, BARF, BARK, BARS, BURB, CARD, CARE, CARS, CART, EARS, GABS, GAGS, GALS, GAMS, GAPS, GAYS, PARS, CURB, JARS, MARS, OARS.

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Graph reading

CARB is the narrowest displayed bridge

After GARB becomes CARB, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as BARB, GARS show what the route declined.

Direct-shape gains
4
Sideways steps
2
Temporary shape detours
0
Steps touching a vowel
2

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: 2026-08-26 01:33 UTC Puzzle date: May 19, 2027