POOPLE #427 · 15 Oct 2026

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

LAWN · LAIN · LOIN · LOON · LOOP · POOP

  1. StartLAWNYour starting word
  2. Move 1LAINW — I · letter 3
  3. Move 2LOINA — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3LOONI — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4LOOPN — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPL — 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.

  1. StartLAWNYour starting word
  2. Move 1LAINW — I · letter 3
  3. Move 2LOINA — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3LOONI — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4LOOPN — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPL — 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.

WordLegal choicesOn a shortest routeNext words on a shortest route
LAWN71LAIN
LAIN101LOIN
LOIN51LOON
LOON131LOOP
LOOP91POOP

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