POOPLE #166 · 27 Jan 2026
ATOM to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
5shortest moves
1shortest path
Easyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from ATOM 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 4. 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 ATOP. From there, you have 4 moves left.ATOP
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
ATOM · ATOP · STOP · SLOP · PLOP · POOP
- StartATOMYour starting word
- Move 1ATOPM — P · letter 4
- Move 2STOPA — S · letter 1
- Move 3SLOPT — L · letter 2
- Move 4PLOPS — P · letter 1
- Move 5POOPL — O · letter 2
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.
- StartATOMYour starting word
- Move 1ATOPM — P · letter 4
- Move 2STOPA — S · letter 1
- Move 3SLOPT — L · letter 2
- Move 4PLOPS — P · letter 1
- Move 5POOPL — O · letter 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATOM | 1 | 1 | ATOP |
| ATOP | 2 | 1 | STOP |
| STOP | 5 | 1 | SLOP |
| SLOP | 13 | 1 | PLOP |
| PLOP | 11 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.