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Poople #330 answer: WARS to POOP in 6 guesses (July 11, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for July 11, 2026 starts from WARS. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 6 guesses, and there are 32 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.

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Replay Poople #330 yourself in the archive: same starting word, same word list, with undo and hints. Or play today's Poople and the unlimited mode. Curious about a ladder of your own? The Poople solver finds the shortest path between any two four-letter words.

Every shortest ladder from WARS

32 different ladders reach POOP in 6 guesses from WARS. Here are 8 of them, the first using the most common words:

1. WARS → BARS → BAAS → BOAS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP
2. WARS → BARS → BAGS → BOGS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP
3. WARS → BARS → BASS → BOSS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP
4. WARS → BARS → BATS → BOTS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP
5. WARS → BARS → BAYS → BOYS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP
6. WARS → BARS → BARN → BORN → BOON → BOOP → POOP
7. WARS → CARS → CABS → COBS → COOS → COOP → POOP
8. WARS → CARS → CADS → CODS → COOS → COOP → POOP

24 more shortest ladders exist beyond these 8; the solver below can list routes from any word.

First moves: which keep par and which don't

WARS has 20 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 11 of the 20 legal first moves keep you on par: BARS, CARS, EARS, PARS, WADS, WAGS, WARD, WARE, WARN, WARP, WAYS. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: GARS, JARS, MARS, OARS, SARS, TARS, WARM, WART, WARY.

How #330 compares

Par 6 puts #330 among the longer puzzles: only 13% of all Pooples so far have needed more guesses. The fastest ladders go through an -OO- word one step from POOP (LOOP, HOOP, COOP, POOL, POOR, POOF); the shortest route above reaches one in 5 guesses.

Replay Poople #330 yourself

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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.