POOPLE #15 · 29 Aug 2025

WINE to POOP.

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6shortest moves

17shortest paths

Moderateour distance-based rating

01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.

You can get from WINE to POOP in 6 moves. That means 7 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 DINE. From there, you have 5 moves left.DINE

04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

WINE · DINE · DIME · DOME · POME · POMP · POOP

StartWINEYour starting word
Move 1DINEW — D · letter 1
Move 2DIMEN — M · letter 3
Move 3DOMEI — O · letter 2
Move 4POMED — P · letter 1
Move 5POMPE — P · letter 4
Move 6POOPM — O · letter 3

17 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.

StartWINEYour starting word
Move 1DINEW — D · letter 1
Move 2DIMEN — M · letter 3
Move 3DOMEI — O · letter 2
Move 4POMED — P · letter 1
Move 5POMPE — P · letter 4
Move 6POOPM — O · letter 3

All 17 equivalent shortest paths

WINE · DINE · DIME · DOME · POME · POMP · POOP
WINE · DINE · DONE · DOME · POME · POMP · POOP
WINE · LINE · LIME · LIMP · PIMP · POMP · POOP
WINE · PINE · PIKE · POKE · POME · POMP · POOP
WINE · PINE · PILE · PILL · POLL · POOL · POOP
WINE · PINE · PILE · POLE · POLL · POOL · POOP
WINE · PINE · PILE · POLE · POME · POMP · POOP
WINE · PINE · PIPE · POPE · POME · POMP · POOP
WINE · TINE · TIME · TOME · POME · POMP · POOP
WINE · TINE · TONE · TOME · POME · POMP · POOP
WINE · WILE · PILE · PILL · POLL · POOL · POOP
WINE · WILE · PILE · POLE · POLL · POOL · POOP
WINE · WILE · PILE · POLE · POME · POMP · POOP
WINE · WILE · WILL · PILL · POLL · POOL · POOP
WINE · WIPE · PIPE · POPE · POME · POMP · POOP
WINE · WIRE · WORE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP
WINE · WISE · WISP · WIMP · PIMP · POMP · 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
WINE	23	8	DINE, LINE, PINE, TINE, WILE, WIPE, WIRE, WISE
DINE	23	2	DIME, DONE
DIME	12	1	DOME
DOME	16	1	POME
POME	11	1	POMP
POMP	6	1	POOP

THE FIRST STEP

8 ways to move closer.

From WINE, these words reduce the remaining shortest distance by one:

DINE, LINE, PINE, TINE, WILE, WIPE, WIRE, WISE

What about the other moves?

FINE (6 remaining); KINE (6 remaining); MINE (6 remaining); NINE (6 remaining); SINE (6 remaining); VINE (6 remaining); WANE (6 remaining); WIDE (6 remaining); WIFE (6 remaining); WIND (6 remaining); WING (7 remaining); WINK (6 remaining); WINO (7 remaining); WINS (6 remaining); ZINE (6 remaining).

These moves are valid, but do not lie on a shortest route from WINE.

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Why this is a shortest path

Our solver searches the checked word list one move at a time. WINE first reaches POOP at distance 6; no shorter route exists in that list.

Difficulty here is based only on move count: up to 5 is Easy, 6 is Moderate, 7 is Tricky, 8 is Hard, and 9 or more is Expert.

How we check answers

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