POOPLE #17 · 31 Aug 2025
THUG to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
8shortest moves
1shortest path
Hardour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from THUG 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 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 THUS. From there, you have 7 moves left.THUS
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
THUG · THUS · THIS · THIN · CHIN · CHIP · CHOP · COOP · POOP
- StartTHUGYour starting word
- Move 1THUSG — S · letter 4
- Move 2THISU — I · letter 3
- Move 3THINS — N · letter 4
- Move 4CHINT — C · letter 1
- Move 5CHIPN — P · letter 4
- Move 6CHOPI — O · letter 3
- Move 7COOPH — O · letter 2
- Move 8POOPC — P · letter 1
1 shortest path in the checked word list. View the full explanation
Every step, explained.
Full solution below. Stop here if you want to keep solving.
- StartTHUGYour starting word
- Move 1THUSG — S · letter 4
- Move 2THISU — I · letter 3
- Move 3THINS — N · letter 4
- Move 4CHINT — C · letter 1
- Move 5CHIPN — P · letter 4
- Move 6CHOPI — O · letter 3
- Move 7COOPH — O · letter 2
- Move 8POOPC — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THUG | 3 | 1 | THUS |
| THUS | 3 | 1 | THIS |
| THIS | 3 | 1 | THIN |
| THIN | 6 | 1 | CHIN |
| CHIN | 7 | 1 | CHIP |
| CHIP | 9 | 1 | CHOP |
| CHOP | 7 | 1 | COOP |
| COOP | 14 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.