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POOPLE #1 · 15 Aug 2025

DAWN to POOP.

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5shortest moves
1shortest path
Easyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from DAWN to POOP in 5 moves. That means 6 words, including the start.
02A little more directionFind out which letter to change first.
One shortest route starts by changing letter 2. You do not have to match a letter in POOP on every move.
03Your first stepping stoneReveal the first word of a shortest route.
Try DOWN. From there, you have 4 moves left.DOWN
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

DAWN · DOWN · GOWN · GOON · GOOP · POOP

  1. StartDAWNYour starting word
  2. Move 1DOWNA — O · letter 2
  3. Move 2GOWND — G · letter 1
  4. Move 3GOONW — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4GOOPN — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPG — P · letter 1

1 shortest path in the checked word list. View the full explanation

Every step, explained.

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  1. StartDAWNYour starting word
  2. Move 1DOWNA — O · letter 2
  3. Move 2GOWND — G · letter 1
  4. Move 3GOONW — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4GOOPN — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPG — P · letter 1

This is the unique shortest path in the checked word list.

Choices at every step

Legal choices change one letter. Shortest-route choices also reduce the remaining distance by one; the counts below refer to the route shown above.

WordLegal choicesOn a shortest routeNext words on a shortest route
DAWN81DOWN
DOWN51GOWN
GOWN51GOON
GOON101GOOP
GOOP91POOP

Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.