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Poople #349 answer: MONO to POOP in 5 guesses (July 30, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for July 30, 2026 starts from MONO. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 5 guesses, and there are 12 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 #349 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 MONO

12 different ladders reach POOP in 5 guesses from MONO. Here are 8 of them, the first using the most common words:

1. MONO → MONK → BONK → BOOK → BOOP → POOP
2. MONO → MONK → CONK → COOK → COOP → POOP
3. MONO → MONK → HONK → HOOK → HOOP → POOP
4. MONO → MONK → MOOK → BOOK → BOOP → POOP
5. MONO → MONK → MOOK → COOK → COOP → POOP
6. MONO → MONK → MOOK → HOOK → HOOP → POOP
7. MONO → MONK → MOOK → LOOK → LOOP → POOP
8. MONO → MONK → MOOK → MOOR → POOR → POOP

4 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

MONO has 4 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 2 of the 4 legal first moves keep you on par: MONK, MONS. Moves that cost two or more: MANO, MOJO.

How #349 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 #349 yourself

Same starting word, same word list as the original, with undo and hints. Replays don't touch your streak. Play #349

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.