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Poople #357 answer: RITE to POOP in 6 guesses (August 7, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for August 7, 2026 starts from RITE. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 6 guesses, and there are 33 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 RITE

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

1. RITE → BITE → BITS → BOTS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP
2. RITE → CITE → COTE → COME → POME → POMP → POOP
3. RITE → CITE → COTE → COME → COMP → POMP → POOP
4. RITE → CITE → COTE → COME → COMP → COOP → POOP
5. RITE → CITE → COTE → COTS → COOS → COOP → POOP
6. RITE → LITE → LIME → LIMP → PIMP → POMP → POOP
7. RITE → ROTE → COTE → COME → POME → POMP → POOP
8. RITE → ROTE → COTE → COME → COMP → POMP → POOP

25 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

RITE has 17 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 8 of the 17 legal first moves keep you on par: BITE, CITE, LITE, RILE, RIME, RIPE, RISE, ROTE. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: KITE, MITE, RATE, RICE, RIDE, RIFE, SITE, VITE. Moves that cost two or more: RITZ.

How #357 compares

Par 6 puts #357 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.

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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.