POOPLE #379 · 28 Aug 2026
Poople #379 Answer — MICA to POOP in 7 Moves
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
7shortest moves
18shortest paths
Trickyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from MICA to POOP in 7 moves. That means 8 words, including the start.
02A little more directionFind out which letter to change first.
One shortest route starts by changing letter 4. 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 MICE. From there, you have 6 moves left.MICE
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
MICA · MICE · DICE · DIME · DOME · POME · POMP · POOP
- StartMICAYour starting word
- Move 1MICEA — E · letter 4
- Move 2DICEM — D · letter 1
- Move 3DIMEC — M · letter 3
- Move 4DOMEI — O · letter 2
- Move 5POMED — P · letter 1
- Move 6POMPE — P · letter 4
- Move 7POOPM — O · letter 3
18 shortest paths in the checked word list.
Every step, explained.
Full solution below. Stop here if you want to keep solving.
- StartMICAYour starting word
- Move 1MICEA — E · letter 4
- Move 2DICEM — D · letter 1
- Move 3DIMEC — M · letter 3
- Move 4DOMEI — O · letter 2
- Move 5POMED — P · letter 1
- Move 6POMPE — P · letter 4
- Move 7POOPM — O · letter 3
All 18 equivalent shortest paths
- MICA · MICE · DICE · DIME · DOME · POME · POMP · POOP
- MICA · MICE · LICE · LICK · LOCK · LOOK · LOOP · POOP
- MICA · MICE · LICE · LIME · LIMP · PIMP · POMP · POOP
- MICA · MICE · MIKE · PIKE · POKE · POME · POMP · POOP
- MICA · MICE · MILE · MILL · PILL · POLL · POOL · POOP
- MICA · MICE · MILE · MOLE · POLE · POLL · POOL · POOP
- MICA · MICE · MILE · MOLE · POLE · POME · POMP · POOP
- MICA · MICE · MILE · PILE · PILL · POLL · POOL · POOP
- MICA · MICE · MILE · PILE · POLE · POLL · POOL · POOP
- MICA · MICE · MILE · PILE · POLE · POME · POMP · POOP
- MICA · MICE · MIME · DIME · DOME · POME · POMP · POOP
- MICA · MICE · MIME · LIME · LIMP · PIMP · POMP · POOP
- MICA · MICE · MIME · TIME · TOME · POME · POMP · POOP
- MICA · MICE · MIRE · MORE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP
- MICA · MICS · MISS · MOSS · BOSS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
- MICA · MICS · MISS · MOSS · MOOS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
- MICA · MICS · MISS · MOSS · MOOS · COOS · COOP · POOP
- MICA · MICS · MISS · MOSS · MOOS · MOOR · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICA | 2 | 2 | MICE, MICS |
| MICE | 14 | 6 | DICE, LICE, MIKE, MILE, MIME, MIRE |
| DICE | 11 | 1 | DIME |
| DIME | 12 | 1 | DOME |
| DOME | 16 | 1 | POME |
| POME | 11 | 1 | POMP |
| POMP | 6 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.
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