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Poople #312 answer: VICE to POOP in 6 guesses (June 23, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for June 23, 2026 starts from VICE. 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 VICE

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

1. VICE → DICE → DIME → DOME → POME → POMP → POOP
2. VICE → LICE → LIME → LIMP → PIMP → POMP → POOP
3. VICE → LICE → LICK → LOCK → LOOK → LOOP → POOP
4. VICE → VILE → PILE → POLE → POME → POMP → POOP
5. VICE → VILE → PILE → POLE → POLL → POOL → POOP
6. VICE → VILE → PILE → PILL → POLL → POOL → POOP
7. VICE → VILE → VOLE → POLE → POME → POMP → POOP
8. VICE → VILE → VOLE → POLE → POLL → POOL → POOP

First moves: which keep par and which don't

VICE has 11 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 3 of the 11 legal first moves keep you on par: DICE, LICE, VILE. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: MICE, NICE, RICE, VIBE, VINE, VISE, VITE, VIVE.

How #312 compares

Par 6 puts #312 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 #312 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.