POOPLE #355 · 4 Aug 2026

Poople #355 Answer — REIN to POOP in 6 Moves

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6shortest moves
1shortest path
Moderateour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from REIN 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 RAIN. From there, you have 5 moves left.RAIN
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

REIN · RAIN · LAIN · LOIN · LOON · LOOP · POOP

  1. StartREINYour starting word
  2. Move 1RAINE — A · letter 2
  3. Move 2LAINR — L · letter 1
  4. Move 3LOINA — O · letter 2
  5. Move 4LOONI — O · letter 3
  6. Move 5LOOPN — P · letter 4
  7. Move 6POOPL — P · letter 1

1 shortest path in the checked word list.

Every step, explained.

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  1. StartREINYour starting word
  2. Move 1RAINE — A · letter 2
  3. Move 2LAINR — L · letter 1
  4. Move 3LOINA — O · letter 2
  5. Move 4LOONI — O · letter 3
  6. Move 5LOOPN — P · letter 4
  7. Move 6POOPL — P · letter 1

This is the unique shortest path in the checked word list.

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
REIN31RAIN
RAIN101LAIN
LAIN101LOIN
LOIN51LOON
LOON131LOOP
LOOP91POOP

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