POOPLE #169 · 30 Jan 2026
QUAD to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
8shortest moves
3shortest paths
Hardour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from QUAD to POOP in 8 moves. That means 9 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 QUID. From there, you have 7 moves left.QUID
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
QUAD · QUID · QUIT · SUIT · SLIT · SLIP · SLOP · PLOP · POOP
- StartQUADYour starting word
- Move 1QUIDA — I · letter 3
- Move 2QUITD — T · letter 4
- Move 3SUITQ — S · letter 1
- Move 4SLITU — L · letter 2
- Move 5SLIPT — P · letter 4
- Move 6SLOPI — O · letter 3
- Move 7PLOPS — P · letter 1
- Move 8POOPL — 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.
- StartQUADYour starting word
- Move 1QUIDA — I · letter 3
- Move 2QUITD — T · letter 4
- Move 3SUITQ — S · letter 1
- Move 4SLITU — L · letter 2
- Move 5SLIPT — P · letter 4
- Move 6SLOPI — O · letter 3
- Move 7PLOPS — P · letter 1
- Move 8POOPL — O · letter 2
All 3 equivalent shortest paths
- QUAD · QUID · QUIT · SUIT · SLIT · SLIP · SLOP · PLOP · POOP
- QUAD · QUID · QUIT · SUIT · SLIT · SLOT · PLOT · PLOP · POOP
- QUAD · QUID · QUIT · SUIT · SLIT · SLOT · SLOP · PLOP · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUAD | 2 | 1 | QUID |
| QUID | 4 | 1 | QUIT |
| QUIT | 4 | 1 | SUIT |
| SUIT | 7 | 1 | SLIT |
| SLIT | 12 | 2 | SLIP, SLOT |
| SLIP | 11 | 1 | SLOP |
| SLOP | 13 | 1 | PLOP |
| PLOP | 11 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.