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Poople #377 answer: TINT to POOP in 6 guesses (August 27, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for August 27, 2026 starts from TINT. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 6 guesses, and there are 18 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 TINT

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

1. TINT → HINT → HILT → HOLT → HOOT → HOOP → POOP
2. TINT → LINT → LIFT → LOFT → LOOT → LOOP → POOP
3. TINT → LINT → LIST → LOST → LOOT → LOOP → POOP
4. TINT → TILT → HILT → HOLT → HOOT → HOOP → POOP
5. TINT → TILT → TILL → PILL → POLL → POOL → POOP
6. TINT → TILT → TILL → TOLL → POLL → POOL → POOP
7. TINT → TILT → TILL → TOLL → TOOL → POOL → POOP
8. TINT → TINE → TONE → TOME → POME → POMP → POOP

10 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

TINT has 12 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 6 of the 12 legal first moves keep you on par: HINT, LINT, TILT, TINE, TINK, TINS. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: DINT, MINT, PINT, TENT, TING, TINY.

How #377 compares

Par 6 puts #377 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 #377 yourself

Same starting word, same word list as the original, with undo and hints. Replays don't touch your streak. Play #377

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.