POOPLE #117 · 9 Dec 2025
APES to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
7shortest moves
1shortest path
Trickyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from APES to POOP in 7 moves. That means 8 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 APED. From there, you have 6 moves left.APED
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
APES · APED · SPED · SLED · PLED · PLOD · PLOP · POOP
- StartAPESYour starting word
- Move 1APEDS — D · letter 4
- Move 2SPEDA — S · letter 1
- Move 3SLEDP — L · letter 2
- Move 4PLEDS — P · letter 1
- Move 5PLODE — O · letter 3
- Move 6PLOPD — P · letter 4
- Move 7POOPL — 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.
- StartAPESYour starting word
- Move 1APEDS — D · letter 4
- Move 2SPEDA — S · letter 1
- Move 3SLEDP — L · letter 2
- Move 4PLEDS — P · letter 1
- Move 5PLODE — O · letter 3
- Move 6PLOPD — P · letter 4
- Move 7POOPL — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APES | 11 | 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.