POOPLE #137 · 29 Dec 2025

Poople #137 Answer — GORY 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 GORY 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 GORE. From there, you have 4 moves left.GORE
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

GORY · GORE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP

  1. StartGORYYour starting word
  2. Move 1GOREY — E · letter 4
  3. Move 2POREG — P · letter 1
  4. Move 3POMER — M · letter 3
  5. Move 4POMPE — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPM — O · letter 3

1 shortest path in the checked word list.

Every step, explained.

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  1. StartGORYYour starting word
  2. Move 1GOREY — E · letter 4
  3. Move 2POREG — P · letter 1
  4. Move 3POMER — M · letter 3
  5. Move 4POMPE — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPM — O · letter 3

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.

WordLegal choicesOn a shortest routeNext words on a shortest route
GORY21GORE
GORE131PORE
PORE211POME
POME111POMP
POMP61POOP

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