POOPLE #327 · 7 Jul 2026

Poople #327 Answer — PADS to POOP in 5 Moves

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5shortest moves

4shortest paths

Easyour distance-based rating

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

You can get from PADS 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 CADS. From there, you have 4 moves left.CADS

04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

PADS · CADS · CODS · COOS · COOP · POOP

StartPADSYour starting word
Move 1CADSP — C · letter 1
Move 2CODSA — O · letter 2
Move 3COOSD — O · letter 3
Move 4COOPS — P · letter 4
Move 5POOPC — P · letter 1

4 shortest paths in the checked word list.

Every step, explained.

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StartPADSYour starting word
Move 1CADSP — C · letter 1
Move 2CODSA — O · letter 2
Move 3COOSD — O · letter 3
Move 4COOPS — P · letter 4
Move 5POOPC — P · letter 1

All 4 equivalent shortest paths

PADS · CADS · CODS · COOS · COOP · POOP
PADS · PALS · PALL · POLL · POOL · POOP
PADS · PODS · BODS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
PADS · PODS · CODS · 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
PADS	16	3	CADS, PALS, PODS
CADS	15	1	CODS
CODS	17	1	COOS
COOS	15	1	COOP
COOP	14	1	POOP

THE FIRST STEP

3 ways to move closer.

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

CADS, PALS, PODS

What about the other moves?

DADS (5 remaining); FADS (5 remaining); LADS (5 remaining); PANS (5 remaining); PAPS (5 remaining); PARS (5 remaining); PASS (5 remaining); PATS (5 remaining); PAWS (5 remaining); PAYS (5 remaining); RADS (5 remaining); SADS (5 remaining); WADS (5 remaining).

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

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Why this is a shortest path

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

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