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Poople #337 answer: GRAN to POOP in 5 guesses (July 18, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for July 18, 2026 starts from GRAN. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 5 guesses, and there are 2 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 GRAN

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

1. GRAN → GRAD → GOAD → GOOD → GOOP → POOP
2. GRAN → GRAM → PRAM → PROM → PROP → POOP

First moves: which keep par and which don't

GRAN has 6 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 2 of the 6 legal first moves keep you on par: GRAD, GRAM. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: BRAN, GRAB, GRAY, GRIN.

How #337 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.

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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.