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Poople #375 answer: RITZ to POOP in 7 guesses (August 25, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for August 25, 2026 starts from RITZ. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 7 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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Replay Poople #375 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 RITZ

33 different ladders reach POOP in 7 guesses from RITZ. Here are 8 of them, the first using the most common words:

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

RITZ has 2 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). Only one first move keeps you on par: RITE. Every other legal move costs at least a guess. Moves that cost two or more: DITZ.

How #375 compares

Par 7 puts #375 among the longer puzzles: only 7% 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 6 guesses.

Replay Poople #375 yourself

Same starting word, same word list as the original, with undo and hints. Replays don't touch your streak. Play #375

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.