POOPLE #37 · 20 Sep 2025

Poople #37 Answer — TOES to POOP in 5 Moves

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5shortest moves
17shortest paths
Easyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from TOES 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 DOES. From there, you have 4 moves left.DOES
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

TOES · DOES · DOER · DOOR · POOR · POOP

  1. StartTOESYour starting word
  2. Move 1DOEST — D · letter 1
  3. Move 2DOERS — R · letter 4
  4. Move 3DOORE — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4POORD — P · letter 1
  6. Move 5POOPR — P · letter 4

17 shortest paths in the checked word list.

Every step, explained.

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  1. StartTOESYour starting word
  2. Move 1DOEST — D · letter 1
  3. Move 2DOERS — R · letter 4
  4. Move 3DOORE — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4POORD — P · letter 1
  6. Move 5POOPR — P · letter 4
All 17 equivalent shortest paths
  1. TOES · DOES · DOER · DOOR · POOR · POOP
  2. TOES · HOES · HOED · HOOD · HOOP · POOP
  3. TOES · TOED · HOED · HOOD · HOOP · POOP
  4. TOES · TOMS · TOME · POME · POMP · POOP
  5. TOES · TONS · CONS · COOS · COOP · POOP
  6. TOES · TOPS · BOPS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
  7. TOES · TOPS · COPS · COOS · COOP · POOP
  8. TOES · TOSS · BOSS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
  9. TOES · TOTS · BOTS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
  10. TOES · TOTS · COTS · COOS · COOP · POOP
  11. TOES · TOWS · BOWS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
  12. TOES · TOWS · COWS · COOS · COOP · POOP
  13. TOES · TOYS · BOYS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
  14. TOES · WOES · WOOS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
  15. TOES · WOES · WOOS · COOS · COOP · POOP
  16. TOES · WOES · WOOS · WOOF · POOF · POOP
  17. TOES · WOES · WOOS · WOOL · POOL · 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
TOES1711DOES, HOES, TOED, TOMS, TONS, TOPS, TOSS, TOTS, TOWS, TOYS, WOES
DOES161DOER
DOER71DOOR
DOOR61POOR
POOR71POOP

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

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