POOPLE #450 · 7 Nov 2026

VILE to POOP.

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5shortest moves

5shortest paths

Easyour distance-based rating

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

You can get from VILE 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 PILE. From there, you have 4 moves left.PILE

04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

VILE · PILE · PILL · POLL · POOL · POOP

StartVILEYour starting word
Move 1PILEV — P · letter 1
Move 2PILLE — L · letter 4
Move 3POLLI — O · letter 2
Move 4POOLL — O · letter 3
Move 5POOPL — P · letter 4

5 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.

StartVILEYour starting word
Move 1PILEV — P · letter 1
Move 2PILLE — L · letter 4
Move 3POLLI — O · letter 2
Move 4POOLL — O · letter 3
Move 5POOPL — P · letter 4

All 5 equivalent shortest paths

VILE · PILE · PILL · POLL · POOL · POOP
VILE · PILE · POLE · POLL · POOL · POOP
VILE · PILE · POLE · POME · POMP · POOP
VILE · VOLE · POLE · POLL · POOL · POOP
VILE · VOLE · POLE · POME · POMP · 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
VILE	15	2	PILE, VOLE
PILE	13	2	PILL, POLE
PILL	15	1	POLL
POLL	12	1	POOL
POOL	8	1	POOP

THE FIRST STEP

2 ways to move closer.

From VILE, these words reduce the remaining shortest distance by one:

PILE, VOLE

What about the other moves?

BILE (5 remaining); FILE (5 remaining); MILE (5 remaining); RILE (5 remaining); TILE (5 remaining); VALE (5 remaining); VIBE (6 remaining); VICE (6 remaining); VINE (6 remaining); VISE (6 remaining); VITE (6 remaining); VIVE (6 remaining); WILE (5 remaining).

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

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Why this is a shortest path

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