POOPLE #81 · 3 Nov 2025
NEED to POOP.
A little help for this word ladder. Open only the hints you need.
5shortest moves
3shortest paths
Easyour distance-based rating
01A gentle nudgeJust the shortest length. No words revealed.
You can get from NEED 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 HEED. From there, you have 4 moves left.HEED
04The full answerReady? Reveal every step to POOP.
NEED · HEED · HOED · HOOD · HOOP · POOP
- StartNEEDYour starting word
- Move 1HEEDN — H · letter 1
- Move 2HOEDE — O · letter 2
- Move 3HOODE — O · letter 3
- Move 4HOOPD — P · letter 4
- Move 5POOPH — P · letter 1
3 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.
- StartNEEDYour starting word
- Move 1HEEDN — H · letter 1
- Move 2HOEDE — O · letter 2
- Move 3HOODE — O · letter 3
- Move 4HOOPD — P · letter 4
- Move 5POOPH — P · letter 1
All 3 equivalent shortest paths
- NEED · HEED · HOED · HOOD · HOOP · POOP
- NEED · PEED · PEEP · PREP · PROP · POOP
- NEED · PEED · PLED · PLOD · PLOP · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEED | 9 | 2 | HEED, PEED |
| HEED | 14 | 1 | HOED |
| HOED | 8 | 1 | HOOD |
| HOOD | 11 | 1 | HOOP |
| HOOP | 9 | 1 | POOP |
Historical entry reconstructed from the official schedule available on 10 Nov 2026. Source and verification details.