POOPLE #89 · 11 Nov 2025

WIRE 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 WIRE 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 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 WORE. From there, you have 4 moves left.WORE

04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

WIRE · WORE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP

StartWIREYour starting word
Move 1WOREI — O · letter 2
Move 2POREW — P · letter 1
Move 3POMER — M · letter 3
Move 4POMPE — P · letter 4
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.

StartWIREYour starting word
Move 1WOREI — O · letter 2
Move 2POREW — P · letter 1
Move 3POMER — M · letter 3
Move 4POMPE — P · letter 4
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.

Word	Legal choices	On a shortest route	Next words on a shortest route
WIRE	17	1	WORE
WORE	20	1	PORE
PORE	21	1	POME
POME	11	1	POMP
POMP	6	1	POOP

THE FIRST STEP

One way to move closer.

From WIRE, this word reduces the remaining shortest distance by one:

WORE

What about the other moves?

DIRE (5 remaining); FIRE (5 remaining); HIRE (6 remaining); LIRE (5 remaining); MIRE (5 remaining); SIRE (5 remaining); TIRE (5 remaining); WARE (5 remaining); WERE (5 remaining); WIDE (6 remaining); WIFE (6 remaining); WILE (5 remaining); WINE (6 remaining); WIPE (5 remaining); WIRY (6 remaining); WISE (5 remaining).

These moves are valid, but do not lie on a shortest route from WIRE.

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Why this is a shortest path

Our solver searches the checked word list one move at a time. WIRE first reaches POOP at distance 5; no shorter route exists in that list.

Difficulty here is based only on move count: up to 5 is Easy, 6 is Moderate, 7 is Tricky, 8 is Hard, and 9 or more is Expert.

How we check answers

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