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POOPLE #409 · 27 Sep 2026

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

RISE · ROSE · POSE · POME · POMP · POOP

  1. StartRISEYour starting word
  2. Move 1ROSEI — O · letter 2
  3. Move 2POSER — P · letter 1
  4. Move 3POMES — M · letter 3
  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. StartRISEYour starting word
  2. Move 1ROSEI — O · letter 2
  3. Move 2POSER — P · letter 1
  4. Move 3POMES — M · letter 3
  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
RISE131ROSE
ROSE151POSE
POSE131POME
POME111POMP
POMP61POOP

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