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Poople #336 answer: WARM to POOP in 6 guesses (July 17, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for July 17, 2026 starts from WARM. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 6 guesses, and there are 20 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 #336 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 WARM

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

1. WARM → WORM → DORM → DOOM → BOOM → BOOP → POOP
2. WARM → WORM → DORM → DOOM → LOOM → LOOP → POOP
3. WARM → WORM → DORM → DOOM → DOOR → POOR → POOP
4. WARM → WORM → WORD → WOOD → GOOD → GOOP → POOP
5. WARM → WORM → WORD → WOOD → HOOD → HOOP → POOP
6. WARM → WORM → WORD → WOOD → WOOF → POOF → POOP
7. WARM → WORM → WORD → WOOD → WOOL → POOL → POOP
8. WARM → WORM → WORE → PORE → POME → POMP → POOP

12 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

WARM has 10 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 5 of the 10 legal first moves keep you on par: WARD, WARE, WARN, WARP, WORM. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: FARM, HARM, WARS, WART, WARY.

How #336 compares

Par 6 puts #336 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 #336 yourself

Same starting word, same word list as the original, with undo and hints. Replays don't touch your streak. Play #336

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.