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Poople #430 answer: GIVE to POOP in 6 guesses (October 19, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for October 19, 2026 starts from GIVE. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 6 guesses, and there are 3 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 GIVE

3 different ladders reach POOP in 6 guesses from GIVE. Here they all are, the first using the most common words:

1. GIVE → DIVE → DOVE → DOME → POME → POMP → POOP
2. GIVE → DIVE → DIME → DOME → POME → POMP → POOP
3. GIVE → LIVE → LIME → LIMP → PIMP → POMP → POOP

First moves: which keep par and which don't

GIVE has 7 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 2 of the 7 legal first moves keep you on par: DIVE, LIVE. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: FIVE, GAVE, HIVE, JIVE, VIVE.

How #430 compares

Par 6 puts #430 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 #430 yourself

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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.