How to Play Poopdle
A daily word-ladder puzzle with a silly goal and serious word skills.
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. Shorter par means fewer steps are needed for 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. You can play up to 3 times per day, with a 20-minute cooldown between each completed run. Every attempt is scored separately and appears on today's leaderboard. Unlimited picks a random valid starting word for practice — great for learning word-ladder strategy.
Weekly difficulty
Each day's puzzle follows a fixed weekly schedule (Eastern Time). Everyone gets the same starting word on that date; difficulty is based on the day of the week, not on how you played yesterday.
- Sunday & Monday — Easy (par 4–5)
- Tuesday–Thursday — Medium (par 6–7)
- Friday & Saturday — Hard (par 8–9)
The in-game label (Easy, Medium, or Hard) reflects this schedule. Your actual par for the day is the shortest path for that starting word.