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Poople #449 answer: PANT to POOP in 6 guesses (November 7, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for November 7, 2026 starts from PANT. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 6 guesses, and there are 21 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 PANT

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

1. PANT → CANT → CAST → COST → COOT → COOP → POOP
2. PANT → CANT → CANS → CONS → COOS → COOP → POOP
3. PANT → PENT → PEAT → PLAT → PLOT → PLOP → POOP
4. PANT → PENT → PEAT → PLAT → PLAP → PLOP → POOP
5. PANT → PART → PORT → POUT → POUR → POOR → POOP
6. PANT → PART → PORT → PORE → POME → POMP → POOP
7. PANT → PART → PARE → PORE → POME → POMP → POOP
8. PANT → PAST → CAST → COST → COOT → COOP → POOP

13 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

PANT has 13 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 6 of the 13 legal first moves keep you on par: CANT, PANE, PANS, PART, PAST, PENT. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: GANT, PACT, PANG, PINT, PUNT, RANT, WANT.

How #449 compares

Par 6 puts #449 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 #449 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.