POOPLE #76 · 29 Oct 2025
OWES to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
8shortest moves
6shortest paths
Hardour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from OWES 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 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 EWES. From there, you have 7 moves left.EWES
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
OWES · EWES · EYES · DYES · DOES · DOER · DOOR · POOR · POOP
- StartOWESYour starting word
- Move 1EWESO — E · letter 1
- Move 2EYESW — Y · letter 2
- Move 3DYESE — D · letter 1
- Move 4DOESY — O · letter 2
- Move 5DOERS — R · letter 4
- Move 6DOORE — O · letter 3
- Move 7POORD — P · letter 1
- Move 8POOPR — P · letter 4
6 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.
- StartOWESYour starting word
- Move 1EWESO — E · letter 1
- Move 2EYESW — Y · letter 2
- Move 3DYESE — D · letter 1
- Move 4DOESY — O · letter 2
- Move 5DOERS — R · letter 4
- Move 6DOORE — O · letter 3
- Move 7POORD — P · letter 1
- Move 8POOPR — P · letter 4
All 6 equivalent shortest paths
- OWES · EWES · EYES · DYES · DOES · DOER · DOOR · POOR · POOP
- OWES · EWES · EYES · DYES · DYER · DOER · DOOR · POOR · POOP
- OWES · OPES · OPTS · OATS · BATS · BOTS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
- OWES · OPES · OPTS · OATS · CATS · COTS · COOS · COOP · POOP
- OWES · OPES · OPTS · OUTS · BUTS · BOTS · BOOS · BOOP · POOP
- OWES · OPES · OPTS · OUTS · CUTS · COTS · COOS · COOP · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OWES | 10 | 2 | EWES, OPES |
| EWES | 7 | 1 | EYES |
| EYES | 8 | 1 | DYES |
| DYES | 8 | 2 | DOES, DYER |
| DOES | 16 | 1 | DOER |
| DOER | 7 | 1 | DOOR |
| DOOR | 6 | 1 | POOR |
| POOR | 7 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.