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POOPLE #83 · 5 Nov 2025

WISH to POOP.

A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.

5shortest moves
1shortest path
Easyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from WISH 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 4. 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 WISP. From there, you have 4 moves left.WISP
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

WISH · WISP · WIMP · PIMP · POMP · POOP

  1. StartWISHYour starting word
  2. Move 1WISPH — P · letter 4
  3. Move 2WIMPS — M · letter 3
  4. Move 3PIMPW — P · letter 1
  5. Move 4POMPI — O · letter 2
  6. Move 5POOPM — O · letter 3

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.

  1. StartWISHYour starting word
  2. Move 1WISPH — P · letter 4
  3. Move 2WIMPS — M · letter 3
  4. Move 3PIMPW — P · letter 1
  5. Move 4POMPI — O · letter 2
  6. Move 5POOPM — O · letter 3

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.

WordLegal choicesOn a shortest routeNext words on a shortest route
WISH81WISP
WISP61WIMP
WIMP41PIMP
PIMP51POMP
POMP61POOP

Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.