POOPLE #413 · 1 Oct 2026

TEES to POOP.

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5shortest moves

1shortest path

Easyour distance-based rating

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

You can get from TEES 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 PEES. From there, you have 4 moves left.PEES

04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

TEES · PEES · PEEP · PREP · PROP · POOP

StartTEESYour starting word
Move 1PEEST — P · letter 1
Move 2PEEPS — P · letter 4
Move 3PREPE — R · letter 2
Move 4PROPE — O · letter 3
Move 5POOPR — O · letter 2

1 shortest path in the checked word list. View the full explanation

Every step, explained.

Full solution below. Stop here if you want to keep solving.

StartTEESYour starting word
Move 1PEEST — P · letter 1
Move 2PEEPS — P · letter 4
Move 3PREPE — R · letter 2
Move 4PROPE — O · letter 3
Move 5POOPR — O · letter 2

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.

Word	Legal choices	On a shortest route	Next words on a shortest route
TEES	15	1	PEES
PEES	22	1	PEEP
PEEP	13	1	PREP
PREP	4	1	PROP
PROP	11	1	POOP

THE FIRST STEP

One way to move closer.

From TEES, this word reduces the remaining shortest distance by one:

PEES

What about the other moves?

BEES (5 remaining); FEES (5 remaining); GEES (5 remaining); LEES (5 remaining); SEES (5 remaining); TEAS (6 remaining); TEED (5 remaining); TEEM (6 remaining); TEEN (5 remaining); TENS (5 remaining); TIES (6 remaining); TOES (5 remaining); VEES (5 remaining); WEES (5 remaining).

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

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Why this is a shortest path

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

How we check answers

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