Verified solution
The shortest route from BLUE
BLUEFLUEFLOEFLOPPLOPPOOP
- 01BLUE → FLUE1st letter, B to F
- 02FLUE → FLOE3rd letter, U to O
- 03FLOE → FLOP4th letter, E to P
- 04FLOP → PLOP1st letter, F to P
- 05PLOP → POOP2nd letter, L to O
First moves
What happens after the opening word?
BLUE has 4 legal one-letter moves. These are the best routes after move one:
FLUE4 leftCLUE5 leftGLUE5 leftBLUR5 left
Answer notes
Why there can be more than one answer.
This opening has 1 distinct path at the minimum length of 5. The route shown above is one complete answer, not the only valid sequence. Any route reaching POOP in 5 moves is equally short.
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