POOPLE #275 · 16 May 2026

PITS to POOP.

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

5shortest moves

3shortest paths

Easyour distance-based rating

01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.

You can get from PITS 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 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 BITS. From there, you have 4 moves left.BITS

04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

PITS · BITS · BOTS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP

StartPITSYour starting word
Move 1BITSP — B · letter 1
Move 2BOTSI — O · letter 2
Move 3BOOST — O · letter 3
Move 4BOOPS — P · letter 4
Move 5POOPB — P · letter 1

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.

StartPITSYour starting word
Move 1BITSP — B · letter 1
Move 2BOTSI — O · letter 2
Move 3BOOST — O · letter 3
Move 4BOOPS — P · letter 4
Move 5POOPB — P · letter 1

All 3 equivalent shortest paths

PITS · BITS · BOTS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
PITS · POTS · BOTS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
PITS · POTS · COTS · COOS · 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.

Word	Legal choices	On a shortest route	Next words on a shortest route
PITS	22	2	BITS, POTS
BITS	18	1	BOTS
BOTS	22	1	BOOS
BOOS	21	1	BOOP
BOOP	12	1	POOP

THE FIRST STEP

2 ways to move closer.

From PITS, these words reduce the remaining shortest distance by one:

BITS, POTS

What about the other moves?

FITS (5 remaining); HITS (5 remaining); KITS (5 remaining); NITS (5 remaining); PATS (5 remaining); PETS (5 remaining); PICS (6 remaining); PIES (5 remaining); PIGS (5 remaining); PINS (5 remaining); PIPS (5 remaining); PISS (6 remaining); PITA (6 remaining); PITH (6 remaining); PITY (6 remaining); PUTS (5 remaining); SITS (5 remaining); TITS (5 remaining); WITS (5 remaining); ZITS (5 remaining).

These moves are valid, but do not lie on a shortest route from PITS.

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Why this is a shortest path

Our solver searches the checked word list one move at a time. PITS first reaches POOP at distance 5; no shorter route exists in that list.

Difficulty here is based only on move count: up to 5 is Easy, 6 is Moderate, 7 is Tricky, 8 is Hard, and 9 or more is Expert.

How we check answers

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