← Back to today’s gamePUZZLE #119 · DEC 11, 2025
WITH to POOP.
6 moves. 2 equally short routes. Here is one way through.
- STARTwithYour starting word
- 01wishT → S
- 02wispH → P
- 03wimpS → M
- 04pimpW → P
- 05pompI → O
- 06poopM → O · Made it!
The first move matters.
WITH has 3 valid one-letter neighbors in this dictionary. 2 of them can begin a shortest path:
WISHWITS
Each of these leaves 5 moves to POOP. The other 1 neighbors are valid moves too, but cannot reach the target in the minimum from this starting word.
Follow the changes
The highlighted letter beside each step shows exactly which position changed. This historical solution uses the original puzzle’s dictionary and minimum move count. Other shortest routes can take different intermediate words.
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Showing 2 of 2 paths.
WITH → WISH → WISP → WIMP → PIMP → POMP → POOP
WITH → WITS → BITS → BOTS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP