POOPLE #122 · 14 Dec 2025
ODDS to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
7shortest moves
1shortest path
Trickyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from ODDS 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 1. 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 ADDS. From there, you have 6 moves left.ADDS
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
ODDS · ADDS · AIDS · BIDS · BODS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
- StartODDSYour starting word
- Move 1ADDSO — A · letter 1
- Move 2AIDSD — I · letter 2
- Move 3BIDSA — B · letter 1
- Move 4BODSI — O · letter 2
- Move 5BOOSD — O · letter 3
- Move 6BOOPS — P · letter 4
- Move 7POOPB — P · letter 1
1 shortest path in the checked word list. View the full explanation
Every step, explained.
Full solution below. Stop here if you want to keep solving.
- StartODDSYour starting word
- Move 1ADDSO — A · letter 1
- Move 2AIDSD — I · letter 2
- Move 3BIDSA — B · letter 1
- Move 4BODSI — O · letter 2
- Move 5BOOSD — O · letter 3
- Move 6BOOPS — P · letter 4
- Move 7POOPB — 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.
| Word | Legal choices | On a shortest route | Next words on a shortest route |
|---|---|---|---|
| ODDS | 2 | 1 | ADDS |
| ADDS | 3 | 1 | AIDS |
| AIDS | 11 | 1 | BIDS |
| BIDS | 13 | 1 | BODS |
| BODS | 21 | 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.