POOPLE #424 · 12 Oct 2026
WAVY to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
7shortest moves
36shortest paths
Trickyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from WAVY to POOP in 7 moves. That means 8 words, including the start.
02A little more directionFind out which letter to change first.
One shortest route starts by changing letter 3. 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 WARY. From there, you have 6 moves left.WARY
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
WAVY · WARY · WARD · WORD · WOOD · GOOD · GOOP · POOP
- StartWAVYYour starting word
- Move 1WARYV — R · letter 3
- Move 2WARDY — D · letter 4
- Move 3WORDA — O · letter 2
- Move 4WOODR — O · letter 3
- Move 5GOODW — G · letter 1
- Move 6GOOPD — P · letter 4
- Move 7POOPG — P · letter 1
36 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.
- StartWAVYYour starting word
- Move 1WARYV — R · letter 3
- Move 2WARDY — D · letter 4
- Move 3WORDA — O · letter 2
- Move 4WOODR — O · letter 3
- Move 5GOODW — G · letter 1
- Move 6GOOPD — P · letter 4
- Move 7POOPG — P · letter 1
All 36 equivalent shortest paths
- WAVY · WARY · WARD · WORD · WOOD · GOOD · GOOP · POOP
- WAVY · WARY · WARD · WORD · WOOD · HOOD · HOOP · POOP
- WAVY · WARY · WARD · WORD · WOOD · WOOF · POOF · POOP
- WAVY · WARY · WARD · WORD · WOOD · WOOL · POOL · POOP
- WAVY · WARY · WARE · PARE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WARY · WARE · WORE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WARY · WARN · BARN · BORN · BOON · BOOP · POOP
- WAVY · WARY · WARN · WORN · BORN · BOON · BOOP · POOP
- WAVY · WARY · WARP · CARP · CAMP · COMP · COOP · POOP
- WAVY · WARY · WARP · CARP · CAMP · COMP · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · CAVE · CAME · CAMP · COMP · COOP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · CAVE · CAME · CAMP · COMP · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · CAVE · CAME · COME · COMP · COOP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · CAVE · CAME · COME · COMP · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · CAVE · CAME · COME · POME · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · CAVE · COVE · COME · COMP · COOP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · CAVE · COVE · COME · COMP · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · CAVE · COVE · COME · POME · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · PAVE · PALE · PALL · POLL · POOL · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · PAVE · PALE · POLE · POLL · POOL · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · PAVE · PALE · POLE · POME · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · PAVE · PARE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · SAVE · SAME · SOME · POME · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · WAKE · WOKE · POKE · POME · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · WALE · PALE · PALL · POLL · POOL · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · WALE · PALE · POLE · POLL · POOL · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · WALE · PALE · POLE · POME · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · WALE · WALL · PALL · POLL · POOL · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · WARE · PARE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · WARE · WORE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · WOVE · COVE · COME · COMP · COOP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · WOVE · COVE · COME · COMP · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · WOVE · COVE · COME · POME · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · WOVE · DOVE · DOME · POME · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · WOVE · WOKE · POKE · POME · POMP · POOP
- WAVY · WAVE · WOVE · WORE · PORE · 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.
| Word | Legal choices | On a shortest route | Next words on a shortest route |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAVY | 4 | 2 | WARY, WAVE |
| WARY | 12 | 4 | WARD, WARE, WARN, WARP |
| WARD | 14 | 1 | WORD |
| WORD | 11 | 1 | WOOD |
| WOOD | 10 | 4 | GOOD, HOOD, WOOF, WOOL |
| GOOD | 10 | 1 | GOOP |
| GOOP | 9 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.