POOPLE #127 · 19 Dec 2025
PEAK to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
5shortest moves
3shortest paths
Easyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from PEAK 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 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 PEAT. From there, you have 4 moves left.PEAT
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
PEAK · PEAT · PLAT · PLAP · PLOP · POOP
- StartPEAKYour starting word
- Move 1PEATK — T · letter 4
- Move 2PLATE — L · letter 2
- Move 3PLAPT — P · letter 4
- Move 4PLOPA — O · letter 3
- Move 5POOPL — O · letter 2
3 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.
- StartPEAKYour starting word
- Move 1PEATK — T · letter 4
- Move 2PLATE — L · letter 2
- Move 3PLAPT — P · letter 4
- Move 4PLOPA — O · letter 3
- Move 5POOPL — O · letter 2
All 3 equivalent shortest paths
- PEAK · PEAT · PLAT · PLAP · PLOP · POOP
- PEAK · PEAT · PLAT · PLOT · PLOP · POOP
- PEAK · PEEK · PEEP · PREP · PROP · 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.
| Word | Legal choices | On a shortest route | Next words on a shortest route |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEAK | 11 | 2 | PEAT, PEEK |
| PEAT | 18 | 1 | PLAT |
| PLAT | 10 | 2 | PLAP, PLOT |
| PLAP | 7 | 1 | PLOP |
| PLOP | 11 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.