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Poople #314 answer: OURS to POOP in 6 guesses (June 25, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for June 25, 2026 starts from OURS. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 6 guesses, and there are 13 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 OURS

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

1. OURS → BURS → BUBS → BOBS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP
2. OURS → BURS → BUDS → BODS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP
3. OURS → BURS → BUGS → BOGS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP
4. OURS → BURS → BUMS → BUMP → PUMP → POMP → POOP
5. OURS → BURS → BUTS → BOTS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP
6. OURS → BURS → BUYS → BOYS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP
7. OURS → BURS → BURN → BORN → BOON → BOOP → POOP
8. OURS → BURS → BURP → BUMP → PUMP → POMP → POOP

5 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

OURS has 5 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 3 of the 5 legal first moves keep you on par: BURS, CURS, OUTS. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: FURS, OARS.

How #314 compares

Par 6 puts #314 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 #314 yourself

Same starting word, same word list as the original, with undo and hints. Replays don't touch your streak. Play #314

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.