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POOPLE #288 · 29 May 2026

DUNE 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 DUNE 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 DONE. From there, you have 4 moves left.DONE
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

DUNE · DONE · DOME · POME · POMP · POOP

  1. StartDUNEYour starting word
  2. Move 1DONEU — O · letter 2
  3. Move 2DOMEN — M · letter 3
  4. Move 3POMED — P · letter 1
  5. Move 4POMPE — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPM — O · letter 3

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.

  1. StartDUNEYour starting word
  2. Move 1DONEU — O · letter 2
  3. Move 2DOMEN — M · letter 3
  4. Move 3POMED — P · letter 1
  5. Move 4POMPE — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPM — 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
DUNE111DONE
DONE211DOME
DOME161POME
POME111POMP
POMP61POOP

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