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Poople #340 answer: WASH to POOP in 6 guesses (July 21, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for July 21, 2026 starts from WASH. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 6 guesses, and there are 8 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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Every shortest ladder from WASH

8 different ladders reach POOP in 6 guesses from WASH. Here they all are, the first using the most common words:

1. WASH → BASH → BASS → BOSS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP
2. WASH → CASH → COSH → COST → COOT → COOP → POOP
3. WASH → CASH → CAST → COST → COOT → COOP → POOP
4. WASH → LASH → LAST → LOST → LOOT → LOOP → POOP
5. WASH → RASH → RASP → RAMP → ROMP → POMP → POOP
6. WASH → WISH → WISP → WIMP → PIMP → POMP → POOP
7. WASH → WASP → RASP → RAMP → ROMP → POMP → POOP
8. WASH → WASP → WISP → WIMP → PIMP → POMP → POOP

First moves: which keep par and which don't

WASH has 11 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 6 of the 11 legal first moves keep you on par: BASH, CASH, LASH, RASH, WASP, WISH. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: DASH, GASH, HASH, MASH, SASH.

How #340 compares

Par 6 puts #340 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 #340 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.