Poople #646 started at GASP on May 22, 2027. Its narrow opening changes letters in the sequence G>R, S>M, A>O, R>P, M>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 G-A-S-P. Change position 1 and keep positions 2, 3, 4 fixed. Look for a consonant-to-consonant change. Only one first move preserves the shortest length.
Reveal the complete 5-move answer
GASP -> RASP -> RAMP -> ROMP -> POMP -> POOP
Step 0GASPStart
Step 1RASPBridge
Step 2RAMPBridge
Step 3ROMPBridge
Step 4POMPBridge
Step 5POOPTarget
Route anatomy
What changes at every step
Step 1GASP -> RASP
Tile 1 changes G to R; the move is sideways by letter shape. RASP has 6 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from GASP include WASP, HASP, GASH.
Step 2RASP -> RAMP
Tile 3 changes S to M; the move is sideways by letter shape. RAMP has 10 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from RASP include RASH, WASP, HASP, RASE.
Step 3RAMP -> ROMP
Tile 2 changes A to O; the move is closer by letter shape. ROMP has 4 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from RAMP include CAMP, RUMP, LAMP, RAMS.
Step 4ROMP -> POMP
Tile 1 changes R to P; the move is closer by letter shape. POMP has 6 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 1 move remaining. Other legal exits from ROMP include COMP, RUMP.
Step 5POMP -> POOP
Tile 3 changes M to O; the move is closer by letter shape. POOP has 11 legal neighbors, target reached, and 0 moves remaining. Other legal exits from POMP include PUMP, COMP, PIMP, POME.
Opening decision
Which first moves preserve par?
GASP has 4 legal one-letter neighbors, but only RASP keeps the route at 5 moves. Nearby detours begin WASP (+1), HASP (+1), GASH (+2).
Compare 4 calculated first moves
Move
Changed tile
Total
Verdict
Shortest continuations
RASP
1: G -> R
5
Keeps par
1
WASP
1: G -> W
6
Adds 1 move
2
HASP
1: G -> H
6
Adds 1 move
1
GASH
4: P -> H
7
Adds 2 moves
9
GASP opening fingerprint
GASP groups its legal first moves as tile 1: RASP, WASP, HASP; tile 4: GASH. Two moves from the start, 17 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is WISP, BASH, CASH, GOSH, HARP, HASP, LASH, RASE, RASH, WARP, WASP, DASH, GUSH, HASH, MASH, SASH, WASH.
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Graph reading
ROMP is the narrowest displayed bridge
After RAMP becomes ROMP, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as CAMP, RUMP, LAMP, RAMS show what the route declined.
Direct-shape gains
3
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: liveGraph synced: 2026-08-26 03:52 UTCPuzzle date: May 22, 2027