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Poople #447 answer: REPS to POOP in 6 guesses (November 5, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for November 5, 2026 starts from REPS. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 6 guesses, and there are 10 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 #447 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 REPS

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

1. REPS → PEPS → POPS → BOPS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP
2. REPS → PEPS → POPS → COPS → COOS → COOP → POOP
3. REPS → PEPS → POPS → POPE → POME → POMP → POOP
4. REPS → PEPS → PEES → PEEP → PREP → PROP → POOP
5. REPS → RAPS → CAPS → COPS → COOS → COOP → POOP
6. REPS → RAPS → RAMS → RAMP → ROMP → POMP → POOP
7. REPS → REDS → BEDS → BODS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP
8. REPS → REDS → RODS → BODS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP

2 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

REPS has 9 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 4 of the 9 legal first moves keep you on par: PEPS, RAPS, REDS, REGS. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: RECS, REFS, REVS, RIPS. Moves that cost two or more: REPO.

How #447 compares

Par 6 puts #447 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 #447 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.