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Poople #425 answer: TINY to POOP in 6 guesses (October 14, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for October 14, 2026 starts from TINY. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 6 guesses, and there are 11 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 #425 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 word ladder solver finds the shortest path between any two four-letter words.

Every shortest ladder from TINY

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

1. TINY → TINE → TONE → TOME → POME → POMP → POOP
2. TINY → TINE → TIME → TOME → POME → POMP → POOP
3. TINY → TINK → TONK → BONK → BOOK → BOOP → POOP
4. TINY → TINK → TONK → CONK → COOK → COOP → POOP
5. TINY → TINK → TONK → HONK → HOOK → HOOP → POOP
6. TINY → TINK → TONK → TOOK → BOOK → BOOP → POOP
7. TINY → TINK → TONK → TOOK → COOK → COOP → POOP
8. TINY → TINK → TONK → TOOK → HOOK → HOOP → POOP

3 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

TINY has 7 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 3 of the 7 legal first moves keep you on par: TINE, TINK, TINS. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: TIDY, TING, TINT. Moves that cost two or more: VINY.

How #425 compares

Par 6 puts #425 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 #425 yourself

Same starting word, same word list as the original, with undo and hints. Replays don't touch your streak. Play #425

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.