POOPLE #240 · 11 Apr 2026

Poople #240 Answer — TIDY to POOP in 6 Moves

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6shortest moves
1shortest path
Moderateour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from TIDY 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 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 TIDE. From there, you have 5 moves left.TIDE
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

TIDY · TIDE · TIME · TOME · POME · POMP · POOP

  1. StartTIDYYour starting word
  2. Move 1TIDEY — E · letter 4
  3. Move 2TIMED — M · letter 3
  4. Move 3TOMEI — O · letter 2
  5. Move 4POMET — P · letter 1
  6. Move 5POMPE — P · letter 4
  7. Move 6POOPM — O · letter 3

1 shortest path in the checked word list.

Every step, explained.

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  1. StartTIDYYour starting word
  2. Move 1TIDEY — E · letter 4
  3. Move 2TIMED — M · letter 3
  4. Move 3TOMEI — O · letter 2
  5. Move 4POMET — P · letter 1
  6. Move 5POMPE — P · letter 4
  7. Move 6POOPM — O · letter 3

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.

WordLegal choicesOn a shortest routeNext words on a shortest route
TIDY21TIDE
TIDE111TIME
TIME101TOME
TOME141POME
POME111POMP
POMP61POOP

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