POOPLE #67 · 20 Oct 2025
STUD to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
6shortest moves
1shortest path
Moderateour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from STUD 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 2. 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 SPUD. From there, you have 5 moves left.SPUD
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
STUD · SPUD · SPUR · SOUR · POUR · POOR · POOP
- StartSTUDYour starting word
- Move 1SPUDT — P · letter 2
- Move 2SPURD — R · letter 4
- Move 3SOURP — O · letter 2
- Move 4POURS — P · letter 1
- Move 5POORU — O · letter 3
- Move 6POOPR — P · letter 4
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.
- StartSTUDYour starting word
- Move 1SPUDT — P · letter 2
- Move 2SPURD — R · letter 4
- Move 3SOURP — O · letter 2
- Move 4POURS — P · letter 1
- Move 5POORU — O · letter 3
- Move 6POOPR — P · letter 4
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.
| Word | Legal choices | On a shortest route | Next words on a shortest route |
|---|---|---|---|
| STUD | 3 | 1 | SPUD |
| SPUD | 4 | 1 | SPUR |
| SPUR | 5 | 1 | SOUR |
| SOUR | 12 | 1 | POUR |
| POUR | 9 | 1 | POOR |
| POOR | 7 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.