POOPLE #69 · 22 Oct 2025
STUB to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
6shortest moves
4shortest paths
Moderateour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from STUB 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 SNUB. From there, you have 5 moves left.SNUB
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
STUB · SNUB · SNOB · SLOB · SLOP · PLOP · POOP
- StartSTUBYour starting word
- Move 1SNUBT — N · letter 2
- Move 2SNOBU — O · letter 3
- Move 3SLOBN — L · letter 2
- Move 4SLOPB — P · letter 4
- Move 5PLOPS — P · letter 1
- Move 6POOPL — O · letter 2
4 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.
- StartSTUBYour starting word
- Move 1SNUBT — N · letter 2
- Move 2SNOBU — O · letter 3
- Move 3SLOBN — L · letter 2
- Move 4SLOPB — P · letter 4
- Move 5PLOPS — P · letter 1
- Move 6POOPL — O · letter 2
All 4 equivalent shortest paths
- STUB · SNUB · SNOB · SLOB · SLOP · PLOP · POOP
- STUB · STAB · SLAB · SLAP · PLAP · PLOP · POOP
- STUB · STAB · SLAB · SLAP · SLOP · PLOP · POOP
- STUB · STAB · SLAB · SLOB · SLOP · PLOP · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STUB | 4 | 2 | SNUB, STAB |
| SNUB | 3 | 1 | SNOB |
| SNOB | 6 | 1 | SLOB |
| SLOB | 9 | 1 | SLOP |
| SLOP | 13 | 1 | PLOP |
| PLOP | 11 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.