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Poople #307 answer: TEAR to POOP in 5 guesses (June 18, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for June 18, 2026 starts from TEAR. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 5 guesses, and there are 2 shortest routes. Here is one of them, using the most common words:

  1. TEAR
  2. BEAR
  3. BOAR
  4. BOOR
  5. POOR
  6. POOP

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

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Every shortest ladder from TEAR

2 different ladders reach POOP in 5 guesses from TEAR. Here they all are, the first using the most common words:

  1. TEAR → BEAR → BOAR → BOOR → POOR → POOP
  2. TEAR → BEAR → BOAR → BOOR → BOOP → POOP

First moves: which keep par and which don't

TEAR has 17 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). Only one first move keeps you on par: BEAR. Every other legal move costs at least a guess. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: DEAR, FEAR, GEAR, HEAR, NEAR, PEAR, REAR, SEAR, TEAL, TEAM, TEAT, WEAR, YEAR. Moves that cost two or more: TEAK, TEAS, TSAR.

How #307 compares

Par 5 is the most common Poople length: about 54% of all puzzles so far have par 5. 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 4 guesses.

Replay Poople #307 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.

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