POOPLE #387 · 5 Sep 2026

TINS to POOP.

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5shortest moves

1shortest path

Easyour distance-based rating

01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.

You can get from TINS 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 TONS. From there, you have 4 moves left.TONS

04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

TINS · TONS · CONS · COOS · COOP · POOP

StartTINSYour starting word
Move 1TONSI — O · letter 2
Move 2CONST — C · letter 1
Move 3COOSN — O · letter 3
Move 4COOPS — P · letter 4
Move 5POOPC — P · letter 1

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.

StartTINSYour starting word
Move 1TONSI — O · letter 2
Move 2CONST — C · letter 1
Move 3COOSN — O · letter 3
Move 4COOPS — P · letter 4
Move 5POOPC — P · letter 1

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.

Word	Legal choices	On a shortest route	Next words on a shortest route
TINS	19	1	TONS
TONS	21	1	CONS
CONS	19	1	COOS
COOS	15	1	COOP
COOP	14	1	POOP

THE FIRST STEP

One way to move closer.

From TINS, this word reduces the remaining shortest distance by one:

TONS

What about the other moves?

BINS (5 remaining); FINS (6 remaining); GINS (6 remaining); KINS (6 remaining); PINS (5 remaining); SINS (5 remaining); TANS (5 remaining); TENS (5 remaining); TICS (6 remaining); TIES (6 remaining); TINE (5 remaining); TING (6 remaining); TINK (5 remaining); TINT (6 remaining); TINY (6 remaining); TIPS (5 remaining); TITS (5 remaining); WINS (6 remaining).

These moves are valid, but do not lie on a shortest route from TINS.

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Why this is a shortest path

Our solver searches the checked word list one move at a time. TINS first reaches POOP at distance 5; no shorter route exists in that list.

Difficulty here is based only on move count: up to 5 is Easy, 6 is Moderate, 7 is Tricky, 8 is Hard, and 9 or more is Expert.

How we check answers

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