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POOPLE #328 · 8 Jul 2026

QUIT to POOP.

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

6shortest moves
3shortest paths
Moderateour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from QUIT 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 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 SUIT. From there, you have 5 moves left.SUIT
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

QUIT · SUIT · SLIT · SLIP · SLOP · PLOP · POOP

  1. StartQUITYour starting word
  2. Move 1SUITQ — S · letter 1
  3. Move 2SLITU — L · letter 2
  4. Move 3SLIPT — P · letter 4
  5. Move 4SLOPI — O · letter 3
  6. Move 5PLOPS — P · letter 1
  7. Move 6POOPL — O · letter 2

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.

  1. StartQUITYour starting word
  2. Move 1SUITQ — S · letter 1
  3. Move 2SLITU — L · letter 2
  4. Move 3SLIPT — P · letter 4
  5. Move 4SLOPI — O · letter 3
  6. Move 5PLOPS — P · letter 1
  7. Move 6POOPL — O · letter 2
All 3 equivalent shortest paths
  1. QUIT · SUIT · SLIT · SLIP · SLOP · PLOP · POOP
  2. QUIT · SUIT · SLIT · SLOT · PLOT · PLOP · POOP
  3. QUIT · SUIT · SLIT · SLOT · SLOP · PLOP · 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.

WordLegal choicesOn a shortest routeNext words on a shortest route
QUIT41SUIT
SUIT71SLIT
SLIT122SLIP, SLOT
SLIP111SLOP
SLOP131PLOP
PLOP111POOP

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