POOPLE #72 · 25 Oct 2025
OWED to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
8shortest moves
1shortest path
Hardour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from OWED 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 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 AWED. From there, you have 7 moves left.AWED
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
OWED · AWED · APED · SPED · SLED · PLED · PLOD · PLOP · POOP
- StartOWEDYour starting word
- Move 1AWEDO — A · letter 1
- Move 2APEDW — P · letter 2
- Move 3SPEDA — S · letter 1
- Move 4SLEDP — L · letter 2
- Move 5PLEDS — P · letter 1
- Move 6PLODE — O · letter 3
- Move 7PLOPD — P · letter 4
- Move 8POOPL — O · letter 2
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.
- StartOWEDYour starting word
- Move 1AWEDO — A · letter 1
- Move 2APEDW — P · letter 2
- Move 3SPEDA — S · letter 1
- Move 4SLEDP — L · letter 2
- Move 5PLEDS — P · letter 1
- Move 6PLODE — O · letter 3
- Move 7PLOPD — P · letter 4
- Move 8POOPL — O · letter 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OWED | 3 | 1 | AWED |
| AWED | 7 | 1 | APED |
| APED | 8 | 1 | SPED |
| SPED | 8 | 1 | SLED |
| SLED | 9 | 1 | PLED |
| PLED | 7 | 1 | PLOD |
| PLOD | 7 | 1 | PLOP |
| PLOP | 11 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.