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POOPLE #438 · 26 Oct 2026

ANTE to POOP.

A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.

8shortest moves
1shortest path
Hardour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from ANTE 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 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 ANTS. From there, you have 7 moves left.ANTS
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

ANTE · ANTS · ANDS · AIDS · BIDS · BODS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP

  1. StartANTEYour starting word
  2. Move 1ANTSE — S · letter 4
  3. Move 2ANDST — D · letter 3
  4. Move 3AIDSN — I · letter 2
  5. Move 4BIDSA — B · letter 1
  6. Move 5BODSI — O · letter 2
  7. Move 6BOOSD — O · letter 3
  8. Move 7BOOPS — P · letter 4
  9. Move 8POOPB — P · letter 1

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.

  1. StartANTEYour starting word
  2. Move 1ANTSE — S · letter 4
  3. Move 2ANDST — D · letter 3
  4. Move 3AIDSN — I · letter 2
  5. Move 4BIDSA — B · letter 1
  6. Move 5BODSI — O · letter 2
  7. Move 6BOOSD — O · letter 3
  8. Move 7BOOPS — P · letter 4
  9. Move 8POOPB — 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
ANTE21ANTS
ANTS71ANDS
ANDS51AIDS
AIDS111BIDS
BIDS131BODS
BODS211BOOS
BOOS211BOOP
BOOP121POOP

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