POOPLE #423 · 11 Oct 2026

TIPS to POOP.

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5shortest moves

2shortest paths

Easyour distance-based rating

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

You can get from TIPS 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 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 TOPS. From there, you have 4 moves left.TOPS

04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

TIPS · TOPS · BOPS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP

StartTIPSYour starting word
Move 1TOPSI — O · letter 2
Move 2BOPST — B · letter 1
Move 3BOOSP — O · letter 3
Move 4BOOPS — P · letter 4
Move 5POOPB — P · letter 1

2 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.

StartTIPSYour starting word
Move 1TOPSI — O · letter 2
Move 2BOPST — B · letter 1
Move 3BOOSP — O · letter 3
Move 4BOOPS — P · letter 4
Move 5POOPB — P · letter 1

All 2 equivalent shortest paths

TIPS · TOPS · BOPS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
TIPS · TOPS · COPS · COOS · 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
TIPS	15	1	TOPS
TOPS	18	2	BOPS, COPS
BOPS	18	1	BOOS
BOOS	21	1	BOOP
BOOP	12	1	POOP

THE FIRST STEP

One way to move closer.

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

TOPS

What about the other moves?

DIPS (6 remaining); HIPS (5 remaining); LIPS (5 remaining); NIPS (6 remaining); PIPS (5 remaining); RIPS (6 remaining); SIPS (5 remaining); TAPS (5 remaining); TICS (6 remaining); TIES (6 remaining); TINS (5 remaining); TITS (5 remaining); YIPS (6 remaining); ZIPS (6 remaining).

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

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Why this is a shortest path

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