POOPLE #334 · 14 Jul 2026

Poople #334 Answer — FUME to POOP in 6 Moves

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6shortest moves
8shortest paths
Moderateour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from FUME 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 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 FAME. From there, you have 5 moves left.FAME
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

FUME · FAME · CAME · CAMP · COMP · COOP · POOP

  1. StartFUMEYour starting word
  2. Move 1FAMEU — A · letter 2
  3. Move 2CAMEF — C · letter 1
  4. Move 3CAMPE — P · letter 4
  5. Move 4COMPA — O · letter 2
  6. Move 5COOPM — O · letter 3
  7. Move 6POOPC — P · letter 1

8 shortest paths in the checked word list.

Every step, explained.

Full solution below. Stop here if you want to keep solving.

  1. StartFUMEYour starting word
  2. Move 1FAMEU — A · letter 2
  3. Move 2CAMEF — C · letter 1
  4. Move 3CAMPE — P · letter 4
  5. Move 4COMPA — O · letter 2
  6. Move 5COOPM — O · letter 3
  7. Move 6POOPC — P · letter 1
All 8 equivalent shortest paths
  1. FUME · FAME · CAME · CAMP · COMP · COOP · POOP
  2. FUME · FAME · CAME · CAMP · COMP · POMP · POOP
  3. FUME · FAME · CAME · COME · COMP · COOP · POOP
  4. FUME · FAME · CAME · COME · COMP · POMP · POOP
  5. FUME · FAME · CAME · COME · POME · POMP · POOP
  6. FUME · FAME · DAME · DOME · POME · POMP · POOP
  7. FUME · FAME · SAME · SOME · POME · POMP · POOP
  8. FUME · FAME · TAME · TOME · POME · 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
FUME31FAME
FAME154CAME, DAME, SAME, TAME
CAME202CAMP, COME
CAMP111COMP
COMP82COOP, POMP
COOP141POOP

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