POOPLE #11 · 25 Aug 2025
OPUS to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
7shortest moves
4shortest paths
Trickyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from OPUS to POOP in 7 moves. That means 8 words, including the start.
02A little more directionFind out which letter to change first.
One shortest route starts by changing letter 3. 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 OPTS. From there, you have 6 moves left.OPTS
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
OPUS · OPTS · OATS · BATS · BOTS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
- StartOPUSYour starting word
- Move 1OPTSU — T · letter 3
- Move 2OATSP — A · letter 2
- Move 3BATSO — B · letter 1
- Move 4BOTSA — O · letter 2
- Move 5BOOST — O · letter 3
- Move 6BOOPS — P · letter 4
- Move 7POOPB — P · letter 1
4 shortest paths in the checked word list. View the full explanation
Every step, explained.
Full solution below. Stop here if you want to keep solving.
- StartOPUSYour starting word
- Move 1OPTSU — T · letter 3
- Move 2OATSP — A · letter 2
- Move 3BATSO — B · letter 1
- Move 4BOTSA — O · letter 2
- Move 5BOOST — O · letter 3
- Move 6BOOPS — P · letter 4
- Move 7POOPB — P · letter 1
All 4 equivalent shortest paths
- OPUS · OPTS · OATS · BATS · BOTS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
- OPUS · OPTS · OATS · CATS · COTS · COOS · COOP · POOP
- OPUS · OPTS · OUTS · BUTS · BOTS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
- OPUS · OPTS · OUTS · CUTS · COTS · COOS · COOP · POOP
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.
| Word | Legal choices | On a shortest route | Next words on a shortest route |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPUS | 3 | 1 | OPTS |
| OPTS | 5 | 2 | OATS, OUTS |
| OATS | 17 | 2 | BATS, CATS |
| BATS | 22 | 1 | BOTS |
| BOTS | 22 | 1 | BOOS |
| BOOS | 21 | 1 | BOOP |
| BOOP | 12 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.