POOPLE #133 · 25 Dec 2025

Poople #133 Answer — WELT to POOP in 5 Moves

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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 WELT 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 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 BELT. From there, you have 4 moves left.BELT
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

WELT · BELT · BOLT · BOOT · BOOP · POOP

  1. StartWELTYour starting word
  2. Move 1BELTW — B · letter 1
  3. Move 2BOLTE — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3BOOTL — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4BOOPT — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPB — P · letter 1

1 shortest path in the checked word list.

Every step, explained.

Full solution below. Stop here if you want to keep solving.

  1. StartWELTYour starting word
  2. Move 1BELTW — B · letter 1
  3. Move 2BOLTE — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3BOOTL — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4BOOPT — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPB — 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
WELT121BELT
BELT111BOLT
BOLT141BOOT
BOOT201BOOP
BOOP121POOP

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

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