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Poople #433 answer: VEAL to POOP in 6 guesses (October 22, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for October 22, 2026 starts from VEAL. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 6 guesses, and there are 6 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 VEAL

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

1. VEAL → DEAL → DELL → DOLL → POLL → POOL → POOP
2. VEAL → PEAL → PEEL → PEEP → PREP → PROP → POOP
3. VEAL → PEAL → PEAT → PLAT → PLOT → PLOP → POOP
4. VEAL → PEAL → PEAT → PLAT → PLAP → PLOP → POOP
5. VEAL → TEAL → TELL → TOLL → POLL → POOL → POOP
6. VEAL → TEAL → TELL → TOLL → TOOL → POOL → POOP

First moves: which keep par and which don't

VEAL has 11 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 3 of the 11 legal first moves keep you on par: DEAL, PEAL, TEAL. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: HEAL, MEAL, REAL, SEAL, VIAL, WEAL, ZEAL. Moves that cost two or more: VEIL.

How #433 compares

Par 6 puts #433 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.