POOPLE #8 · 22 Aug 2025
NEAT to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
5shortest moves
3shortest paths
Easyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from NEAT 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 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 BEAT. From there, you have 4 moves left.BEAT
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
NEAT · BEAT · BOAT · BOOT · BOOP · POOP
- StartNEATYour starting word
- Move 1BEATN — B · letter 1
- Move 2BOATE — O · letter 2
- Move 3BOOTA — O · letter 3
- Move 4BOOPT — P · letter 4
- Move 5POOPB — 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.
- StartNEATYour starting word
- Move 1BEATN — B · letter 1
- Move 2BOATE — O · letter 2
- Move 3BOOTA — O · letter 3
- Move 4BOOPT — P · letter 4
- Move 5POOPB — P · letter 1
All 3 equivalent shortest paths
- NEAT · BEAT · BOAT · BOOT · BOOP · POOP
- NEAT · PEAT · PLAT · PLAP · PLOP · POOP
- NEAT · PEAT · PLAT · PLOT · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEAT | 12 | 2 | BEAT, PEAT |
| BEAT | 20 | 1 | BOAT |
| BOAT | 11 | 1 | BOOT |
| BOOT | 20 | 1 | BOOP |
| BOOP | 12 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.