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Archive #181

Poople #181: QUAY to POOP

February 11, 2026 · Hard · par 9 · updated October 1, 2026

One shortest path is QUAY → QUAD → QUID → QUIT → SUIT → SLIT → SLIP → SLOP → PLOP → POOP. That is 9 moves, and the par stored next to QUAY in the client is 9.

I walked QUAY forward one letter at a time on the 2,398-word graph. Alphabetical neighbor order produced QUAY → QUAD → QUID → QUIT → SUIT → SLIT → SLIP → SLOP → PLOP → POOP. I am publishing that route because the length matches the client's par.

Each change

  1. QUAY → QUAD: letter 4 changes from Y to D.
  2. QUAD → QUID: letter 3 changes from A to I.
  3. QUID → QUIT: letter 4 changes from D to T.
  4. QUIT → SUIT: letter 1 changes from Q to S.
  5. SUIT → SLIT: letter 2 changes from U to L.
  6. SLIT → SLIP: letter 4 changes from T to P.
  7. SLIP → SLOP: letter 3 changes from I to O.
  8. SLOP → PLOP: letter 1 changes from S to P.
  9. PLOP → POOP: letter 2 changes from L to O.
poople.io board captured while puzzle 411 was live
Live board capture from poople.io on September 30, 2026.
Official BARN to BORN one-letter example
The same one-letter rule this ladder follows. Asset from poople.io.
Poople gameplay video. Loads from YouTube only after you press play.

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Sources: poople.io client bundle, checked 2026-09-30. Anchor date for #410 is September 28, 2026.