How to Play Poople

The rules

1. Every day at 08:00 UTC Poople picks a new 4-letter starting word.
2. Change exactly one letter at a time. Each new word must be in the Poople word list (2,398 words).
3. Reach POOP in as few steps as you can. The goal, in the game's own words: "Can you find the shortest path?"

Tips

• Work backwards. These words are one step from POOP: BOOP, COOP, GOOP, HOOP, LOOP, PLOP, POMP, POOF, POOL, POOR, PROP. Aim for any of them.
• Of the 30 puzzles on this site, the shortest path took between 5 and 10 steps, most often 5. If you are past that, check whether an earlier word could go a shorter way.
• Several shortest paths often exist. Each answer page lists them (up to 50).

Still stuck? Open today's hints or try any word in the Poople solver.