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Poople #451 answer: REPO to POOP in 7 guesses (November 9, 2026)

The Poople puzzle for November 9, 2026 starts from REPO. The shortest ladder to POOP takes 7 guesses, and there are 13 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 #451 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 REPO

13 different ladders reach POOP in 7 guesses from REPO. Here are 8 of them, the first using the most common words:

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

5 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

REPO has 3 legal neighbours in the original word list (change one letter, still a word). 2 of the 3 legal first moves keep you on par: REDO, REPS. Moves that cost exactly one extra guess: RENO.

How #451 compares

Par 7 puts #451 among the longer puzzles: only 7% 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 6 guesses.

Replay Poople #451 yourself

Same starting word, same word list as the original, with undo and hints. Replays don't touch your streak. Play #451

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.