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POOPLE #209 · 11 Mar 2026

TIDE to POOP.

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

5shortest moves
1shortest path
Easyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from TIDE 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 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 TIME. From there, you have 4 moves left.TIME
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

TIDE · TIME · TOME · POME · POMP · POOP

  1. StartTIDEYour starting word
  2. Move 1TIMED — M · letter 3
  3. Move 2TOMEI — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3POMET — P · letter 1
  5. Move 4POMPE — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPM — O · letter 3

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.

  1. StartTIDEYour starting word
  2. Move 1TIMED — M · letter 3
  3. Move 2TOMEI — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3POMET — P · letter 1
  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
TIDE111TIME
TIME101TOME
TOME141POME
POME111POMP
POMP61POOP

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