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Poople #310 answer: TEAK to POOP in 6 guesses (June 21, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for June 21, 2026 starts from TEAK. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 6 guesses, and there are 18 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 #310 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 TEAK

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

1. TEAK → BEAK → BECK → BOCK → BOOK → BOOP → POOP
2. TEAK → BEAK → BEAR → BOAR → BOOR → POOR → POOP
3. TEAK → BEAK → BEAR → BOAR → BOOR → BOOP → POOP
4. TEAK → BEAK → BEAT → BOAT → BOOT → BOOP → POOP
5. TEAK → LEAK → LEAM → LOAM → LOOM → LOOP → POOP
6. TEAK → LEAK → LEAN → LOAN → LOON → LOOP → POOP
7. TEAK → PEAK → PEEK → PEEP → PREP → PROP → POOP
8. TEAK → PEAK → PEAT → PLAT → PLOT → PLOP → POOP

10 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

TEAK has 9 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 7 of the 9 legal first moves keep you on par: BEAK, LEAK, PEAK, TEAL, TEAM, TEAR, TEAT. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: TEAS, WEAK.

How #310 compares

Par 6 puts #310 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 #310 yourself

Same starting word, same word list as the original, with undo and hints. Replays don't touch your streak. Play #310

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.