POOPLE #9 · 23 Aug 2025

FARM to POOP.

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

6shortest moves
22shortest paths
Moderateour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from FARM 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 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 FARE. From there, you have 5 moves left.FARE
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

FARM · FARE · FORE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP

  1. StartFARMYour starting word
  2. Move 1FAREM — E · letter 4
  3. Move 2FOREA — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3POREF — P · letter 1
  5. Move 4POMER — M · letter 3
  6. Move 5POMPE — P · letter 4
  7. Move 6POOPM — O · letter 3

22 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.

  1. StartFARMYour starting word
  2. Move 1FAREM — E · letter 4
  3. Move 2FOREA — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3POREF — P · letter 1
  5. Move 4POMER — M · letter 3
  6. Move 5POMPE — P · letter 4
  7. Move 6POOPM — O · letter 3
All 22 equivalent shortest paths
  1. FARM · FARE · FORE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP
  2. FARM · FARE · PARE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP
  3. FARM · FART · FORT · FOOT · BOOT · BOOP · POOP
  4. FARM · FART · FORT · FOOT · COOT · COOP · POOP
  5. FARM · FART · FORT · FOOT · FOOL · POOL · POOP
  6. FARM · FART · FORT · FOOT · HOOT · HOOP · POOP
  7. FARM · FART · FORT · FOOT · LOOT · LOOP · POOP
  8. FARM · FORM · DORM · DOOM · BOOM · BOOP · POOP
  9. FARM · FORM · DORM · DOOM · DOOR · POOR · POOP
  10. FARM · FORM · DORM · DOOM · LOOM · LOOP · POOP
  11. FARM · FORM · FOAM · FOAL · FOOL · POOL · POOP
  12. FARM · FORM · FOAM · LOAM · LOOM · LOOP · POOP
  13. FARM · FORM · FORD · FOOD · FOOL · POOL · POOP
  14. FARM · FORM · FORD · FOOD · GOOD · GOOP · POOP
  15. FARM · FORM · FORD · FOOD · HOOD · HOOP · POOP
  16. FARM · FORM · FORE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP
  17. FARM · FORM · FORK · CORK · COOK · COOP · POOP
  18. FARM · FORM · FORT · FOOT · BOOT · BOOP · POOP
  19. FARM · FORM · FORT · FOOT · COOT · COOP · POOP
  20. FARM · FORM · FORT · FOOT · FOOL · POOL · POOP
  21. FARM · FORM · FORT · FOOT · HOOT · HOOP · POOP
  22. FARM · FORM · FORT · FOOT · LOOT · LOOP · 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.

WordLegal choicesOn a shortest routeNext words on a shortest route
FARM63FARE, FART, FORM
FARE202FORE, PARE
FORE171PORE
PORE211POME
POME111POMP
POMP61POOP

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