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POOPLE #428 · 16 Oct 2026

DOJO to POOP.

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

7shortest moves
12shortest paths
Trickyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from DOJO 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 1. 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 MOJO. From there, you have 6 moves left.MOJO
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

DOJO · MOJO · MONO · MONK · BONK · BOOK · BOOP · POOP

  1. StartDOJOYour starting word
  2. Move 1MOJOD — M · letter 1
  3. Move 2MONOJ — N · letter 3
  4. Move 3MONKO — K · letter 4
  5. Move 4BONKM — B · letter 1
  6. Move 5BOOKN — O · letter 3
  7. Move 6BOOPK — P · letter 4
  8. Move 7POOPB — P · letter 1

12 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. StartDOJOYour starting word
  2. Move 1MOJOD — M · letter 1
  3. Move 2MONOJ — N · letter 3
  4. Move 3MONKO — K · letter 4
  5. Move 4BONKM — B · letter 1
  6. Move 5BOOKN — O · letter 3
  7. Move 6BOOPK — P · letter 4
  8. Move 7POOPB — P · letter 1
All 12 equivalent shortest paths
  1. DOJO · MOJO · MONO · MONK · BONK · BOOK · BOOP · POOP
  2. DOJO · MOJO · MONO · MONK · CONK · COOK · COOP · POOP
  3. DOJO · MOJO · MONO · MONK · HONK · HOOK · HOOP · POOP
  4. DOJO · MOJO · MONO · MONK · MOOK · BOOK · BOOP · POOP
  5. DOJO · MOJO · MONO · MONK · MOOK · COOK · COOP · POOP
  6. DOJO · MOJO · MONO · MONK · MOOK · HOOK · HOOP · POOP
  7. DOJO · MOJO · MONO · MONK · MOOK · LOOK · LOOP · POOP
  8. DOJO · MOJO · MONO · MONK · MOOK · MOOR · POOR · POOP
  9. DOJO · MOJO · MONO · MONS · CONS · COOS · COOP · POOP
  10. DOJO · MOJO · MONO · MONS · MOOS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
  11. DOJO · MOJO · MONO · MONS · MOOS · COOS · COOP · POOP
  12. DOJO · MOJO · MONO · MONS · MOOS · MOOR · POOR · 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
DOJO21MOJO
MOJO21MONO
MONO42MONK, MONS
MONK104BONK, CONK, HONK, MOOK
BONK131BOOK
BOOK171BOOP
BOOP121POOP

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