POOPLE #3 · 17 Aug 2025
PICS to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
6shortest moves
18shortest paths
Moderateour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from PICS 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 2. 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 PECS. From there, you have 5 moves left.PECS
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
PICS · PECS · PEES · PEEP · PREP · PROP · POOP
- StartPICSYour starting word
- Move 1PECSI — E · letter 2
- Move 2PEESC — E · letter 3
- Move 3PEEPS — P · letter 4
- Move 4PREPE — R · letter 2
- Move 5PROPE — O · letter 3
- Move 6POOPR — O · letter 2
18 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.
- StartPICSYour starting word
- Move 1PECSI — E · letter 2
- Move 2PEESC — E · letter 3
- Move 3PEEPS — P · letter 4
- Move 4PREPE — R · letter 2
- Move 5PROPE — O · letter 3
- Move 6POOPR — O · letter 2
All 18 equivalent shortest paths
- PICS · PECS · PEES · PEEP · PREP · PROP · POOP
- PICS · PICK · HICK · HOCK · HOOK · HOOP · POOP
- PICS · PICK · LICK · LOCK · LOOK · LOOP · POOP
- PICS · PICK · POCK · BOCK · BOOK · BOOP · POOP
- PICS · PICK · POCK · COCK · COOK · COOP · POOP
- PICS · PICK · POCK · HOCK · HOOK · HOOP · POOP
- PICS · PICK · POCK · LOCK · LOOK · LOOP · POOP
- PICS · PIES · PEES · PEEP · PREP · PROP · POOP
- PICS · PIES · PIED · PLED · PLOD · PLOP · POOP
- PICS · PIGS · CIGS · COGS · COOS · COOP · POOP
- PICS · PINS · PONS · CONS · COOS · COOP · POOP
- PICS · PIPS · PIPE · POPE · POME · POMP · POOP
- PICS · PIPS · POPS · BOPS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
- PICS · PIPS · POPS · COPS · COOS · COOP · POOP
- PICS · PIPS · POPS · POPE · POME · POMP · POOP
- PICS · PITS · BITS · BOTS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
- PICS · PITS · POTS · BOTS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
- PICS · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PICS | 11 | 7 | PECS, PICK, PIES, PIGS, PINS, PIPS, PITS |
| PECS | 11 | 1 | PEES |
| PEES | 22 | 1 | PEEP |
| PEEP | 13 | 1 | PREP |
| PREP | 4 | 1 | PROP |
| PROP | 11 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.