- Par
- 5
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Level
- #348
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Today’s daily word ladder
Poople Today #348 starts with WARP and ends with POOP. Every move must create a valid four-letter word by changing exactly one letter. Try your own route before using a hint or revealing the Poople answer.
How to Play Poople Today
- Type a valid four-letter word.
- Change one letter only on each move.
- Reach POOP and compare your moves with par.
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Game, history and answers
About the Poople game
Poople is a daily four-letter word ladder that asks players to reach POOP by changing one letter per move. Poople Today is a free place to play the current puzzle, get spoiler-light help and find previous Poople answers. The sections below explain the game, its word-ladder roots and how this independent archive checks published answers.
What is the Poople game?
Poople is a daily word ladder with one fixed destination: POOP. It shows both endpoints, then asks you to connect them with valid words while changing one letter per move. Your result is compared with par, so a shorter valid route earns the stronger score.
Where did the Poople game come from?
Poople follows the word-ladder tradition Lewis Carroll called “Doublets.” A University of Maryland exhibition records that Carroll said he invented it in 1877. In a traditional Doublet, players transform one word into another through a chain of real words, changing one letter at each step. Poople keeps that core rule but gives every daily puzzle the same playful destination: POOP. The modern family version later became a shared daily word challenge.
What does PoopleToday.com provide?
PoopleToday.com provides today’s puzzle, par, move tracking and optional hints. Replay yesterday’s puzzle or browse the Poople Answers archive by number and starting word. Stored sources and validation states distinguish checked paths from incomplete data.
Word-ladder strategy
Tips for solving Poople faster
Start by comparing your word with POOP. Letters already in a useful position are worth protecting, while the other positions need bridge words that keep every move valid. Working backward from POOP can reveal endings such as -OOP or nearby words that are only one change from the goal.
- Look for a final bridge word. Find a valid word one letter away from POOP, then work toward it.
- Preserve useful letters. Avoid replacing a letter you will need to restore a move later.
- Undo dead ends early. If a word leaves no flexible one-letter options, return to the previous step and try another branch.
The aim is not to guess one hidden word. It is to build a connected route, so planning the last two moves often saves more attempts than changing the starting word at random.
Poople Today FAQ
Can I get a hint without seeing the full answer?
Yes. Hint shows one useful next move without exposing the full solution.
How do you restart Poople?
After you finish the puzzle, select Play again in the result window to reset the board and try a different route.
When does the new Poople puzzle come out?
A new Poople puzzle is published once a day at 08:05 UTC, so every visitor sees the same daily word ladder to POOP.