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Poople #332 answer: WART to POOP in 6 guesses (July 13, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for July 13, 2026 starts from WART. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 6 guesses, and there are 50 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 #332 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 WART

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

1. WART → CART → CAST → COST → COOT → COOP → POOP
2. WART → CART → CARP → CAMP → COMP → POMP → POOP
3. WART → CART → CARP → CAMP → COMP → COOP → POOP
4. WART → FART → FORT → FOOT → BOOT → BOOP → POOP
5. WART → FART → FORT → FOOT → COOT → COOP → POOP
6. WART → FART → FORT → FOOT → HOOT → HOOP → POOP
7. WART → FART → FORT → FOOT → LOOT → LOOP → POOP
8. WART → FART → FORT → FOOT → FOOL → POOL → POOP

42 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

WART has 20 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 10 of the 20 legal first moves keep you on par: CART, FART, HART, PART, TART, WARD, WARE, WARN, WARP, WORT. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: DART, KART, MART, WAFT, WAIT, WANT, WARM, WARS, WARY. Moves that cost two or more: WATT.

How #332 compares

Par 6 puts #332 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 #332 yourself

Same starting word, same word list as the original, with undo and hints. Replays don't touch your streak. Play #332

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.