POOPLE #55 · 8 Oct 2025

Poople #55 Answer — FAVE to POOP in 6 Moves

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6shortest moves

23shortest paths

Moderateour distance-based rating

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

You can get from FAVE to POOP in 6 moves. That means 7 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 CAVE. From there, you have 5 moves left.CAVE

04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

FAVE · CAVE · CAME · CAMP · COMP · COOP · POOP

StartFAVEYour starting word
Move 1CAVEF — C · letter 1
Move 2CAMEV — M · letter 3
Move 3CAMPE — P · letter 4
Move 4COMPA — O · letter 2
Move 5COOPM — O · letter 3
Move 6POOPC — P · letter 1

23 shortest paths in the checked word list.

Every step, explained.

Full solution below. Stop here if you want to keep solving.

StartFAVEYour starting word
Move 1CAVEF — C · letter 1
Move 2CAMEV — M · letter 3
Move 3CAMPE — P · letter 4
Move 4COMPA — O · letter 2
Move 5COOPM — O · letter 3
Move 6POOPC — P · letter 1

All 23 equivalent shortest paths

FAVE · CAVE · CAME · CAMP · COMP · COOP · POOP
FAVE · CAVE · CAME · CAMP · COMP · POMP · POOP
FAVE · CAVE · CAME · COME · COMP · COOP · POOP
FAVE · CAVE · CAME · COME · COMP · POMP · POOP
FAVE · CAVE · CAME · COME · POME · POMP · POOP
FAVE · CAVE · COVE · COME · COMP · COOP · POOP
FAVE · CAVE · COVE · COME · COMP · POMP · POOP
FAVE · CAVE · COVE · COME · POME · POMP · POOP
FAVE · FAME · CAME · CAMP · COMP · COOP · POOP
FAVE · FAME · CAME · CAMP · COMP · POMP · POOP
FAVE · FAME · CAME · COME · COMP · COOP · POOP
FAVE · FAME · CAME · COME · COMP · POMP · POOP
FAVE · FAME · CAME · COME · POME · POMP · POOP
FAVE · FAME · DAME · DOME · POME · POMP · POOP
FAVE · FAME · SAME · SOME · POME · POMP · POOP
FAVE · FAME · TAME · TOME · POME · POMP · POOP
FAVE · FARE · FORE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP
FAVE · FARE · PARE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP
FAVE · PAVE · PALE · PALL · POLL · POOL · POOP
FAVE · PAVE · PALE · POLE · POLL · POOL · POOP
FAVE · PAVE · PALE · POLE · POME · POMP · POOP
FAVE · PAVE · PARE · PORE · POME · POMP · POOP
FAVE · SAVE · SAME · SOME · 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
FAVE	19	5	CAVE, FAME, FARE, PAVE, SAVE
CAVE	19	2	CAME, COVE
CAME	20	2	CAMP, COME
CAMP	11	1	COMP
COMP	8	2	COOP, POMP
COOP	14	1	POOP

THE FIRST STEP

5 ways to move closer.

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

CAVE, FAME, FARE, PAVE, SAVE

What about the other moves?

EAVE (6 remaining); FACE (6 remaining); FADE (6 remaining); FAKE (6 remaining); FATE (6 remaining); FAVA (7 remaining); FAZE (6 remaining); FIVE (6 remaining); GAVE (6 remaining); HAVE (6 remaining); LAVE (6 remaining); NAVE (6 remaining); RAVE (6 remaining); WAVE (6 remaining).

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

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Why this is a shortest path

Our solver searches the checked word list one move at a time. FAVE first reaches POOP at distance 6; 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.

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