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POOPLE #125 · 17 Dec 2025

WELD to POOP.

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

5shortest moves
2shortest paths
Easyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from WELD 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 1. 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 GELD. From there, you have 4 moves left.GELD
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

WELD · GELD · GOLD · GOOD · GOOP · POOP

  1. StartWELDYour starting word
  2. Move 1GELDW — G · letter 1
  3. Move 2GOLDE — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3GOODL — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4GOOPD — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPG — P · letter 1

2 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. StartWELDYour starting word
  2. Move 1GELDW — G · letter 1
  3. Move 2GOLDE — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3GOODL — O · letter 3
  5. Move 4GOOPD — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPG — P · letter 1
All 2 equivalent shortest paths
  1. WELD · GELD · GOLD · GOOD · GOOP · POOP
  2. WELD · HELD · HOLD · HOOD · HOOP · 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
WELD92GELD, HELD
GELD71GOLD
GOLD121GOOD
GOOD101GOOP
GOOP91POOP

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