POOPLE #80 · 2 Nov 2025

STUN to POOP.

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

6shortest moves
1shortest path
Moderateour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from STUN 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 2. 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 SPUN. From there, you have 5 moves left.SPUN
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.

STUN · SPUN · SPUR · SOUR · POUR · POOR · POOP

  1. StartSTUNYour starting word
  2. Move 1SPUNT — P · letter 2
  3. Move 2SPURN — R · letter 4
  4. Move 3SOURP — O · letter 2
  5. Move 4POURS — P · letter 1
  6. Move 5POORU — O · letter 3
  7. Move 6POOPR — P · letter 4

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. StartSTUNYour starting word
  2. Move 1SPUNT — P · letter 2
  3. Move 2SPURN — R · letter 4
  4. Move 3SOURP — O · letter 2
  5. Move 4POURS — P · letter 1
  6. Move 5POORU — O · letter 3
  7. Move 6POOPR — P · letter 4

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
STUN41SPUN
SPUN61SPUR
SPUR51SOUR
SOUR121POUR
POUR91POOR
POOR71POOP

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