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POOPLE #173 · 3 Feb 2026

WRIT to POOP.

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

6shortest moves
4shortest paths
Moderateour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from WRIT to POOP in 6 moves. That means 7 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 GRIT. From there, you have 5 moves left.GRIT
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

WRIT · GRIT · GRIM · PRIM · PROM · PROP · POOP

  1. StartWRITYour starting word
  2. Move 1GRITW — G · letter 1
  3. Move 2GRIMT — M · letter 4
  4. Move 3PRIMG — P · letter 1
  5. Move 4PROMI — O · letter 3
  6. Move 5PROPM — P · letter 4
  7. Move 6POOPR — O · letter 2

4 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. StartWRITYour starting word
  2. Move 1GRITW — G · letter 1
  3. Move 2GRIMT — M · letter 4
  4. Move 3PRIMG — P · letter 1
  5. Move 4PROMI — O · letter 3
  6. Move 5PROPM — P · letter 4
  7. Move 6POOPR — O · letter 2
All 4 equivalent shortest paths
  1. WRIT · GRIT · GRIM · PRIM · PROM · PROP · POOP
  2. WRIT · GRIT · GRIP · DRIP · DROP · PROP · POOP
  3. WRIT · WHIT · CHIT · CHIP · CHOP · COOP · POOP
  4. WRIT · WHIT · WHIP · CHIP · CHOP · COOP · 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
WRIT32GRIT, WHIT
GRIT62GRIM, GRIP
GRIM81PRIM
PRIM61PROM
PROM91PROP
PROP111POOP

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