How to Play Poopdle

Objective

Transform the starting word into POOP by changing one letter at a time. Each intermediate word must be a valid four-letter English word in our dictionary.

Rules

• Every word has exactly four letters.
• Each step changes exactly one letter (position can vary).
• You cannot add, remove, or rearrange letters.
• Every word in your chain must be valid.
• You may not reuse a word already in your path.

Scoring — Par and Extra Steps

Each daily puzzle has a par: the minimum number of steps required to reach POOP. If you take 8 steps and par is 6, your score is +2 extra steps. Matching par is a perfect solve.

Example

BARN → BORN → BOON → BOON → … → POOP

(Your actual path depends on today's starting word.)

Daily vs Unlimited

Daily gives everyone the same starting word each day. Resets at midnight Eastern Time. Unlimited picks a random valid starting word for practice — great for learning word-ladder strategy.

Difficulty

Monday tends to be easier (shorter par). Friday and Saturday are harder. Each puzzle is labeled Easy, Medium, or Hard based on par length.