POOPLE #43 · 26 Sep 2025

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

HANG · HANK · HONK · HOOK · HOOP · POOP

  1. StartHANGYour starting word
  2. Move 1HANKG — K · letter 4
  3. Move 2HONKA — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3HOOKN — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4HOOPK — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPH — 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. StartHANGYour starting word
  2. Move 1HANKG — K · letter 4
  3. Move 2HONKA — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3HOOKN — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4HOOPK — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPH — 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
HANG121HANK
HANK151HONK
HONK111HOOK
HOOK141HOOP
HOOP91POOP

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