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POOPLE #425 · 13 Oct 2026

TINY to POOP.

A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.

6shortest moves
11shortest paths
Moderateour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from TINY to POOP in 6 moves. That means 7 words, including the start.
02A little more directionFind out which letter to change first.
One shortest route starts by changing letter 4. 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 TINE. From there, you have 5 moves left.TINE
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

TINY · TINE · TIME · TOME · POME · POMP · POOP

  1. StartTINYYour starting word
  2. Move 1TINEY — E · letter 4
  3. Move 2TIMEN — M · letter 3
  4. Move 3TOMEI — O · letter 2
  5. Move 4POMET — P · letter 1
  6. Move 5POMPE — P · letter 4
  7. Move 6POOPM — O · letter 3

11 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. StartTINYYour starting word
  2. Move 1TINEY — E · letter 4
  3. Move 2TIMEN — M · letter 3
  4. Move 3TOMEI — O · letter 2
  5. Move 4POMET — P · letter 1
  6. Move 5POMPE — P · letter 4
  7. Move 6POOPM — O · letter 3
All 11 equivalent shortest paths
  1. TINY · TINE · TIME · TOME · POME · POMP · POOP
  2. TINY · TINE · TONE · TOME · POME · POMP · POOP
  3. TINY · TINK · TONK · BONK · BOOK · BOOP · POOP
  4. TINY · TINK · TONK · CONK · COOK · COOP · POOP
  5. TINY · TINK · TONK · HONK · HOOK · HOOP · POOP
  6. TINY · TINK · TONK · TOOK · BOOK · BOOP · POOP
  7. TINY · TINK · TONK · TOOK · COOK · COOP · POOP
  8. TINY · TINK · TONK · TOOK · HOOK · HOOP · POOP
  9. TINY · TINK · TONK · TOOK · LOOK · LOOP · POOP
  10. TINY · TINK · TONK · TOOK · TOOL · POOL · POOP
  11. TINY · TINS · TONS · CONS · COOS · COOP · 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
TINY73TINE, TINK, TINS
TINE222TIME, TONE
TIME101TOME
TOME141POME
POME111POMP
POMP61POOP

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