POOPLE #54 · 7 Oct 2025

WIPE to POOP.

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

5shortest moves
1shortest path
Easyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from WIPE 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 PIPE. From there, you have 4 moves left.PIPE
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

WIPE · PIPE · POPE · POME · POMP · POOP

  1. StartWIPEYour starting word
  2. Move 1PIPEW — P · letter 1
  3. Move 2POPEI — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3POMEP — M · letter 3
  5. Move 4POMPE — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPM — O · letter 3

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. StartWIPEYour starting word
  2. Move 1PIPEW — P · letter 1
  3. Move 2POPEI — O · letter 2
  4. Move 3POMEP — M · letter 3
  5. Move 4POMPE — P · letter 4
  6. Move 5POOPM — O · letter 3

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
WIPE81PIPE
PIPE71POPE
POPE141POME
POME111POMP
POMP61POOP

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