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POOPLE #140 · 1 Jan 2026

BULK to POOP.

A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.

5shortest moves
4shortest paths
Easyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from BULK 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 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 BUCK. From there, you have 4 moves left.BUCK
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

BULK · BUCK · BOCK · BOOK · BOOP · POOP

  1. StartBULKYour starting word
  2. Move 1BUCKL — C · letter 3
  3. Move 2BOCKU — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3BOOKC — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4BOOPK — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPB — 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.

  1. StartBULKYour starting word
  2. Move 1BUCKL — C · letter 3
  3. Move 2BOCKU — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3BOOKC — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4BOOPK — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPB — P · letter 1
All 4 equivalent shortest paths
  1. BULK · BUCK · BOCK · BOOK · BOOP · POOP
  2. BULK · BULL · BOLL · POLL · POOL · POOP
  3. BULK · BULL · PULL · POLL · POOL · POOP
  4. BULK · BUNK · BONK · BOOK · BOOP · 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.

WordLegal choicesOn a shortest routeNext words on a shortest route
BULK93BUCK, BULL, BUNK
BUCK141BOCK
BOCK161BOOK
BOOK171BOOP
BOOP121POOP

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