POOPLE #232 · 3 Apr 2026

LEVY to POOP.

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

8shortest moves
8shortest paths
Hardour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from LEVY to POOP in 8 moves. That means 9 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 LEVA. From there, you have 7 moves left.LEVA
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

LEVY · LEVA · LAVA · LAMA · LAMP · CAMP · COMP · COOP · POOP

  1. StartLEVYYour starting word
  2. Move 1LEVAY — A · letter 4
  3. Move 2LAVAE — A · letter 2
  4. Move 3LAMAV — M · letter 3
  5. Move 4LAMPA — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5CAMPL — C · letter 1
  7. Move 6COMPA — O · letter 2
  8. Move 7COOPM — O · letter 3
  9. Move 8POOPC — P · letter 1

8 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. StartLEVYYour starting word
  2. Move 1LEVAY — A · letter 4
  3. Move 2LAVAE — A · letter 2
  4. Move 3LAMAV — M · letter 3
  5. Move 4LAMPA — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5CAMPL — C · letter 1
  7. Move 6COMPA — O · letter 2
  8. Move 7COOPM — O · letter 3
  9. Move 8POOPC — P · letter 1
All 8 equivalent shortest paths
  1. LEVY · LEVA · LAVA · LAMA · LAMP · CAMP · COMP · COOP · POOP
  2. LEVY · LEVA · LAVA · LAMA · LAMP · CAMP · COMP · POMP · POOP
  3. LEVY · LEVA · LAVA · LAMA · LAMP · LIMP · PIMP · POMP · POOP
  4. LEVY · LEVA · LAVA · LAMA · LAMP · LUMP · PUMP · POMP · POOP
  5. LEVY · LEVA · LAVA · LAMA · LAMP · RAMP · ROMP · POMP · POOP
  6. LEVY · LEVA · LAVA · LAMA · LIMA · LIMP · PIMP · POMP · POOP
  7. LEVY · LEVA · LAVA · LAMA · LUMA · LUMP · PUMP · POMP · POOP
  8. LEVY · LEVA · LAVA · LAMA · LUMA · PUMA · PUMP · 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.

WordLegal choicesOn a shortest routeNext words on a shortest route
LEVY21LEVA
LEVA21LAVA
LAVA61LAMA
LAMA73LAMP, LIMA, LUMA
LAMP104CAMP, LIMP, LUMP, RAMP
CAMP111COMP
COMP82COOP, POMP
COOP141POOP

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