POOPLE #57 · 10 Oct 2025
AREA to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
8shortest moves
3shortest paths
Hardour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from AREA to POOP in 8 moves. That means 9 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 ARIA. From there, you have 7 moves left.ARIA
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
AREA · ARIA · ARID · GRID · GRAD · GOAD · GOOD · GOOP · POOP
- StartAREAYour starting word
- Move 1ARIAE — I · letter 3
- Move 2ARIDA — D · letter 4
- Move 3GRIDA — G · letter 1
- Move 4GRADI — A · letter 3
- Move 5GOADR — O · letter 2
- Move 6GOODA — O · letter 3
- Move 7GOOPD — P · letter 4
- Move 8POOPG — P · letter 1
3 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.
- StartAREAYour starting word
- Move 1ARIAE — I · letter 3
- Move 2ARIDA — D · letter 4
- Move 3GRIDA — G · letter 1
- Move 4GRADI — A · letter 3
- Move 5GOADR — O · letter 2
- Move 6GOODA — O · letter 3
- Move 7GOOPD — P · letter 4
- Move 8POOPG — P · letter 1
All 3 equivalent shortest paths
- AREA · ARIA · ARID · GRID · GRAD · GOAD · GOOD · GOOP · POOP
- AREA · ARIA · ARID · GRID · GRIM · PRIM · PROM · PROP · POOP
- AREA · ARIA · ARID · GRID · GRIP · DRIP · DROP · PROP · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AREA | 2 | 1 | ARIA |
| ARIA | 2 | 1 | ARID |
| ARID | 5 | 1 | GRID |
| GRID | 6 | 3 | GRAD, GRIM, GRIP |
| GRAD | 8 | 1 | GOAD |
| GOAD | 10 | 1 | GOOD |
| GOOD | 10 | 1 | GOOP |
| GOOP | 9 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.