A new word puzzle every day. Start from a random word and change one letter at a time. Can you reach POOP in the fewest guesses?
Play the daily puzzleROOP → POOP → POOP — find the shortest path
Get to "POOP" in as few steps as possible. Each word must be exactly one letter different from the last.
A random four-letter word appears at the top of the board. This is your starting point. You can only change one letter at a time to form a new valid word.
Type any four-letter word that differs by exactly one letter from the current word. Each guess moves you one step closer to the target.
You can change any one letter to another, but the result must be a real English word. The game validates each guess against its dictionary.
The goal is always the same: transform the starting word into POOP. Track your guesses, beat the shortest path, and come back tomorrow for a new puzzle.
A daily word game with a simple constraint that makes every puzzle a fresh challenge.
Most word games ask you to find words from a set of letters. Poople asks you to navigate a path from one word to another, one letter at a time. Every decision affects your next move.
Every daily puzzle shares the same destination: POOP. The starting word changes each day, so the strategy and the shortest path are always different.
Finding any path to POOP is satisfying. Finding the shortest path is the puzzle that keeps players coming back. Compare your score with the optimal solution revealed each day.
Poople was invented by a dad to keep his kids occupied on long road trips. It turned into a daily habit that the whole family shares.
The fastest answers to the questions people ask first.
Poople was invented by a dad on a family road trip. He wanted a word game that was simple enough for his kids to play but challenging enough to keep everyone engaged. The name and the target word come from the same sense of humor that made the car laugh.
Any real English four-letter word that differs from the current word by exactly one letter. The game uses a standard dictionary to validate guesses. Proper nouns, abbreviations, and obscure words are excluded.
Each day at midnight, a new random four-letter starting word is selected. The same word goes to every player, so everyone solves the same daily puzzle. The shortest known path is revealed after you complete the puzzle.
No time limit. Take as long as you need to find the shortest path. Most players finish in a few minutes, but the puzzle stays available until midnight.
Only the current daily puzzle is available for play. Yesterday's puzzle and its shortest path are shown in the archive for reference.
Average extra guesses measures how many more guesses you make beyond the shortest known path. If the shortest path is 5 guesses and you take 7, your extra guesses for that round is 2. Lower is better.
Each day brings a new starting word and a new shortest path to discover. Jump in and see how few guesses you need.
Click the button below to load today's puzzle. No sign-up required.
Change one letter to form a new four-letter word. The game tells you if it's valid.
Keep guessing until you reach the target. Try to beat the shortest known path.