POOPLE #394 · 12 Sep 2026
AHEM to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
8shortest moves
13shortest paths
Hardour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from AHEM to POOP in 8 moves. That means 9 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 THEM. From there, you have 7 moves left.THEM
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
AHEM · THEM · TEEM · DEEM · DEEP · PEEP · PREP · PROP · POOP
- StartAHEMYour starting word
- Move 1THEMA — T · letter 1
- Move 2TEEMH — E · letter 2
- Move 3DEEMT — D · letter 1
- Move 4DEEPM — P · letter 4
- Move 5PEEPD — P · letter 1
- Move 6PREPE — R · letter 2
- Move 7PROPE — O · letter 3
- Move 8POOPR — O · letter 2
13 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.
- StartAHEMYour starting word
- Move 1THEMA — T · letter 1
- Move 2TEEMH — E · letter 2
- Move 3DEEMT — D · letter 1
- Move 4DEEPM — P · letter 4
- Move 5PEEPD — P · letter 1
- Move 6PREPE — R · letter 2
- Move 7PROPE — O · letter 3
- Move 8POOPR — O · letter 2
All 13 equivalent shortest paths
- AHEM · THEM · TEEM · DEEM · DEEP · PEEP · PREP · PROP · POOP
- AHEM · THEM · TEEM · DEEM · DEER · DOER · DOOR · POOR · POOP
- AHEM · THEM · TEEM · SEEM · SEEP · PEEP · PREP · PROP · POOP
- AHEM · THEM · TEEM · TEAM · LEAM · LOAM · LOOM · LOOP · POOP
- AHEM · THEM · TEEM · TEAM · TRAM · PRAM · PROM · PROP · POOP
- AHEM · THEM · TEEM · TEED · HEED · HOED · HOOD · HOOP · POOP
- AHEM · THEM · TEEM · TEED · PEED · PEEP · PREP · PROP · POOP
- AHEM · THEM · TEEM · TEED · PEED · PLED · PLOD · PLOP · POOP
- AHEM · THEM · TEEM · TEED · TOED · HOED · HOOD · HOOP · POOP
- AHEM · THEM · TEEM · TEEN · PEEN · PEEP · PREP · PROP · POOP
- AHEM · THEM · TEEM · TEES · PEES · PEEP · PREP · PROP · POOP
- AHEM · THEM · THEN · TEEN · PEEN · PEEP · PREP · PROP · POOP
- AHEM · THEM · THEN · THIN · CHIN · CHIP · CHOP · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHEM | 1 | 1 | THEM |
| THEM | 5 | 2 | TEEM, THEN |
| TEEM | 8 | 6 | DEEM, SEEM, TEAM, TEED, TEEN, TEES |
| DEEM | 5 | 2 | DEEP, DEER |
| DEEP | 8 | 1 | PEEP |
| PEEP | 13 | 1 | PREP |
| PREP | 4 | 1 | PROP |
| PROP | 11 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.