POOPLE #187 · 17 Feb 2026
Poople #187 Answer — ANEW to POOP in 7 Moves
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
7shortest moves
2shortest paths
Trickyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from ANEW to POOP in 7 moves. That means 8 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 KNEW. From there, you have 6 moves left.KNEW
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
ANEW · KNEW · KNOW · SNOW · SLOW · PLOW · PLOP · POOP
- StartANEWYour starting word
- Move 1KNEWA — K · letter 1
- Move 2KNOWE — O · letter 3
- Move 3SNOWK — S · letter 1
- Move 4SLOWN — L · letter 2
- Move 5PLOWS — P · letter 1
- Move 6PLOPW — P · letter 4
- Move 7POOPL — O · letter 2
2 shortest paths in the checked word list.
Every step, explained.
Full solution below. Stop here if you want to keep solving.
- StartANEWYour starting word
- Move 1KNEWA — K · letter 1
- Move 2KNOWE — O · letter 3
- Move 3SNOWK — S · letter 1
- Move 4SLOWN — L · letter 2
- Move 5PLOWS — P · letter 1
- Move 6PLOPW — P · letter 4
- Move 7POOPL — O · letter 2
All 2 equivalent shortest paths
- ANEW · KNEW · KNOW · SNOW · SLOW · PLOW · PLOP · POOP
- ANEW · KNEW · KNOW · SNOW · SLOW · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANEW | 1 | 1 | KNEW |
| KNEW | 3 | 1 | KNOW |
| KNOW | 4 | 1 | SNOW |
| SNOW | 8 | 1 | SLOW |
| SLOW | 15 | 2 | PLOW, SLOP |
| PLOW | 9 | 1 | PLOP |
| PLOP | 11 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.
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