Poople answer archive

Poople #388 answer: ITCH to POOP in 10 guesses (September 7, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for September 7, 2026 starts from ITCH. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 10 guesses, and there are 64 different shortest routes. Here is one of them, using the most common words:

Puzzle numbers follow the original game, which switches to a new word at 08:00 UTC.

Want to play instead of peeking?

Try today's Poople Unlimited puzzle — a different starting word, same rules, with undo and hints — or go unlimited. Curious about a ladder of your own? The word ladder solver finds the shortest path between any two four-letter words.

How the shortest path is found

Every four-letter word in the game's word list is a node; two words are linked when they differ by one letter. A breadth-first search from POOP gives the minimum number of steps for every word. When several shortest ladders exist, the one shown prefers common words, so it reads naturally — the same idea the original game uses for its "yesterday" solution.