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POOPLE #164 · 25 Jan 2026

CITE to POOP.

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5shortest moves
4shortest paths
Easyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from CITE 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 2. 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 COTE. From there, you have 4 moves left.COTE
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

CITE · COTE · COME · COMP · COOP · POOP

  1. StartCITEYour starting word
  2. Move 1COTEI — O · letter 2
  3. Move 2COMET — M · letter 3
  4. Move 3COMPE — P · letter 4
  5. Move 4COOPM — O · letter 3
  6. Move 5POOPC — 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. StartCITEYour starting word
  2. Move 1COTEI — O · letter 2
  3. Move 2COMET — M · letter 3
  4. Move 3COMPE — P · letter 4
  5. Move 4COOPM — O · letter 3
  6. Move 5POOPC — P · letter 1
All 4 equivalent shortest paths
  1. CITE · COTE · COME · COMP · COOP · POOP
  2. CITE · COTE · COME · COMP · POMP · POOP
  3. CITE · COTE · COME · POME · POMP · POOP
  4. CITE · COTE · 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.

WordLegal choicesOn a shortest routeNext words on a shortest route
CITE101COTE
COTE172COME, COTS
COME172COMP, POME
COMP82COOP, POMP
COOP141POOP

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