POOPLE #307 · 17 Jun 2026

TEAR to POOP.

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5shortest moves

2shortest paths

Easyour distance-based rating

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

You can get from TEAR 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 BEAR. From there, you have 4 moves left.BEAR

04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

TEAR · BEAR · BOAR · BOOR · BOOP · POOP

StartTEARYour starting word
Move 1BEART — B · letter 1
Move 2BOARE — O · letter 2
Move 3BOORA — O · letter 3
Move 4BOOPR — P · letter 4
Move 5POOPB — P · letter 1

2 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.

StartTEARYour starting word
Move 1BEART — B · letter 1
Move 2BOARE — O · letter 2
Move 3BOORA — O · letter 3
Move 4BOOPR — P · letter 4
Move 5POOPB — P · letter 1

All 2 equivalent shortest paths

TEAR · BEAR · BOAR · BOOR · BOOP · POOP
TEAR · BEAR · BOAR · BOOR · POOR · 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
TEAR	17	1	BEAR
BEAR	19	1	BOAR
BOAR	7	1	BOOR
BOOR	11	2	BOOP, POOR
BOOP	12	1	POOP

THE FIRST STEP

One way to move closer.

From TEAR, this word reduces the remaining shortest distance by one:

BEAR

What about the other moves?

DEAR (5 remaining); FEAR (5 remaining); GEAR (5 remaining); HEAR (5 remaining); NEAR (5 remaining); PEAR (5 remaining); REAR (5 remaining); SEAR (5 remaining); TEAK (6 remaining); TEAL (5 remaining); TEAM (5 remaining); TEAS (6 remaining); TEAT (5 remaining); TSAR (6 remaining); WEAR (5 remaining); YEAR (5 remaining).

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

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Why this is a shortest path

Our solver searches the checked word list one move at a time. TEAR 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.