Poople #675 started at MISO on June 20, 2027. Its selective opening changes letters in the sequence O>T, M>L, I>O, S>O, T>P, L>P, with 2 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 M-I-S-O. Change position 4 and keep positions 1, 2, 3 fixed. Look for a vowel-to-consonant change. 2 different first moves preserve the shortest length.
Reveal the complete 6-move answer
MISO -> MIST -> LIST -> LOST -> LOOT -> LOOP -> POOP
Step 0MISOStart
Step 1MISTBridge
Step 2LISTBridge
Step 3LOSTBridge
Step 4LOOTBridge
Step 5LOOPBridge
Step 6POOPTarget
Route anatomy
What changes at every step
Step 1MISO -> MIST
Tile 4 changes O to T; the move is sideways by letter shape. MIST has 11 legal neighbors, 2 shortest continuations, and 5 moves remaining. Other legal exits from MISO include MISS.
Step 2MIST -> LIST
Tile 1 changes M to L; the move is sideways by letter shape. LIST has 12 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 4 moves remaining. Other legal exits from MIST include MOST, MUST, MISS, FIST.
Step 3LIST -> LOST
Tile 2 changes I to O; the move is closer by letter shape. LOST has 13 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 3 moves remaining. Other legal exits from LIST include LAST, LIFT, LISP, LUST.
Step 4LOST -> LOOT
Tile 3 changes S to O; the move is closer by letter shape. LOOT has 16 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 2 moves remaining. Other legal exits from LOST include COST, HOST, LOFT, LOUT.
Step 5LOOT -> LOOP
Tile 4 changes T to P; the move is closer by letter shape. LOOP has 9 legal neighbors, 1 shortest continuation, and 1 move remaining. Other legal exits from LOOT include LOOK, BOOT, LOOM, LOON.
Step 6LOOP -> POOP
Tile 1 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 LOOP include COOP, HOOP, BOOP, GOOP.
Opening decision
Which first moves preserve par?
MISO has 2 legal one-letter neighbors. MISS, MIST keep the route at 6 moves, while sampled detours begin outside the displayed set.
Compare 2 calculated first moves
Move
Changed tile
Total
Verdict
Shortest continuations
MISS
4: O -> S
6
Keeps par
4
MIST
4: O -> T
6
Keeps par
9
MISO opening fingerprint
MISO groups its legal first moves as tile 4: MISS, MIST. Two moves from the start, 18 off-route words are reachable; the nearest sampled frontier is MOSS, MOST, FIST, GIST, HISS, MASS, MAST, MESS, MISS, MUSS, MUST, WIST, DISS, KISS, MICS, MINT, MITT, PISS.
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Graph reading
LOOP is the narrowest displayed bridge
After LOOT becomes LOOP, only 1 move preserves the shortest remaining distance. At the prior row, alternatives such as LOOK, BOOT, LOOM, LOON 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: liveGraph synced: 2026-08-27 08:17 UTCPuzzle date: June 20, 2027