POOPLE #48 · 1 Oct 2025
ARCS to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
8shortest moves
8shortest paths
Hardour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from ARCS 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 3. 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 ARKS. From there, you have 7 moves left.ARKS
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
ARCS · ARKS · IRKS · IRIS · BRIS · BROS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
- StartARCSYour starting word
- Move 1ARKSC — K · letter 3
- Move 2IRKSA — I · letter 1
- Move 3IRISK — I · letter 3
- Move 4BRISI — B · letter 1
- Move 5BROSI — O · letter 3
- Move 6BOOSR — O · letter 2
- Move 7BOOPS — P · letter 4
- Move 8POOPB — P · letter 1
8 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.
- StartARCSYour starting word
- Move 1ARKSC — K · letter 3
- Move 2IRKSA — I · letter 1
- Move 3IRISK — I · letter 3
- Move 4BRISI — B · letter 1
- Move 5BROSI — O · letter 3
- Move 6BOOSR — O · letter 2
- Move 7BOOPS — P · letter 4
- Move 8POOPB — P · letter 1
All 8 equivalent shortest paths
- ARCS · ARKS · IRKS · IRIS · BRIS · BROS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
- ARCS · ARKS · IRKS · IRIS · BRIS · BROS · PROS · PROP · POOP
- ARCS · ARMS · AIMS · AIDS · BIDS · BODS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
- ARCS · ARMS · AIMS · DIMS · DIME · DOME · POME · POMP · POOP
- ARCS · ARMS · AIMS · DIMS · DOMS · DOME · POME · POMP · POOP
- ARCS · ARMS · AIMS · RIMS · RAMS · RAMP · ROMP · POMP · POOP
- ARCS · ARMS · AIMS · RIMS · RUMS · RUMP · PUMP · POMP · POOP
- ARCS · ARMS · AIMS · RIMS · RUMS · RUMP · ROMP · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCS | 5 | 2 | ARKS, ARMS |
| ARKS | 5 | 1 | IRKS |
| IRKS | 3 | 1 | IRIS |
| IRIS | 3 | 1 | BRIS |
| BRIS | 6 | 1 | BROS |
| BROS | 6 | 2 | BOOS, PROS |
| BOOS | 21 | 1 | BOOP |
| BOOP | 12 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.