POOPLE #118 · 10 Dec 2025

Poople #118 Answer — HART to POOP in 5 Moves

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5shortest moves

1shortest path

Easyour distance-based rating

01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.

You can get from HART 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 3. 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 HALT. From there, you have 4 moves left.HALT

04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

HART · HALT · HOLT · HOOT · HOOP · POOP

StartHARTYour starting word
Move 1HALTR — L · letter 3
Move 2HOLTA — O · letter 2
Move 3HOOTL — O · letter 3
Move 4HOOPT — P · letter 4
Move 5POOPH — P · letter 1

1 shortest path in the checked word list.

Every step, explained.

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StartHARTYour starting word
Move 1HALTR — L · letter 3
Move 2HOLTA — O · letter 2
Move 3HOOTL — O · letter 3
Move 4HOOPT — P · letter 4
Move 5POOPH — P · letter 1

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
HART	16	1	HALT
HALT	10	1	HOLT
HOLT	14	1	HOOT
HOOT	15	1	HOOP
HOOP	9	1	POOP

THE FIRST STEP

One way to move closer.

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

HALT

What about the other moves?

CART (5 remaining); DART (6 remaining); FART (5 remaining); HAFT (5 remaining); HARD (6 remaining); HARE (5 remaining); HARK (5 remaining); HARM (6 remaining); HARP (5 remaining); HURT (6 remaining); KART (6 remaining); MART (6 remaining); PART (5 remaining); TART (5 remaining); WART (6 remaining).

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

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Why this is a shortest path

Our solver searches the checked word list one move at a time. HART 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.

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