POOPLE #206 · 8 Mar 2026

UNIT to POOP.

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

6shortest moves
10shortest paths
Moderateour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from UNIT 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 SNIT. From there, you have 5 moves left.SNIT
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

UNIT · SNIT · SLIT · SLIP · SLOP · PLOP · POOP

  1. StartUNITYour starting word
  2. Move 1SNITU — S · letter 1
  3. Move 2SLITN — L · letter 2
  4. Move 3SLIPT — P · letter 4
  5. Move 4SLOPI — O · letter 3
  6. Move 5PLOPS — P · letter 1
  7. Move 6POOPL — O · letter 2

10 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. StartUNITYour starting word
  2. Move 1SNITU — S · letter 1
  3. Move 2SLITN — L · letter 2
  4. Move 3SLIPT — P · letter 4
  5. Move 4SLOPI — O · letter 3
  6. Move 5PLOPS — P · letter 1
  7. Move 6POOPL — O · letter 2
All 10 equivalent shortest paths
  1. UNIT · SNIT · SLIT · SLIP · SLOP · PLOP · POOP
  2. UNIT · SNIT · SLIT · SLOT · PLOT · PLOP · POOP
  3. UNIT · SNIT · SLIT · SLOT · SLOP · PLOP · POOP
  4. UNIT · SNIT · SNIP · SLIP · SLOP · PLOP · POOP
  5. UNIT · SNIT · SNOT · SLOT · PLOT · PLOP · POOP
  6. UNIT · SNIT · SNOT · SLOT · SLOP · PLOP · POOP
  7. UNIT · SNIT · SNOT · SOOT · BOOT · BOOP · POOP
  8. UNIT · SNIT · SNOT · SOOT · COOT · COOP · POOP
  9. UNIT · SNIT · SNOT · SOOT · HOOT · HOOP · POOP
  10. UNIT · SNIT · SNOT · SOOT · LOOT · LOOP · 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
UNIT31SNIT
SNIT93SLIT, SNIP, SNOT
SLIT122SLIP, SLOT
SLIP111SLOP
SLOP131PLOP
PLOP111POOP

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