POOPLE #364 · 13 Aug 2026

WARN to POOP.

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5shortest moves
2shortest paths
Easyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from WARN 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 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 BARN. From there, you have 4 moves left.BARN
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

WARN · BARN · BORN · BOON · BOOP · POOP

  1. StartWARNYour starting word
  2. Move 1BARNW — B · letter 1
  3. Move 2BORNA — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3BOONR — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4BOOPN — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPB — P · letter 1

2 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. StartWARNYour starting word
  2. Move 1BARNW — B · letter 1
  3. Move 2BORNA — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3BOONR — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4BOOPN — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPB — P · letter 1
All 2 equivalent shortest paths
  1. WARN · BARN · BORN · BOON · BOOP · POOP
  2. WARN · WORN · BORN · BOON · BOOP · 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
WARN122BARN, WORN
BARN121BORN
BORN111BOON
BOON141BOOP
BOOP121POOP

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