Answer today
Today's Poople answer: PAIN to POOP
Puzzle #411, observed on the live board 2026-09-30. One shortest path is PAIN → LAIN → LOIN → LOON → LOOP → POOP. That is 5 moves, and the client par is 5 (Easy).
I read the live puzzle number from the schedule in the poople.io client and walked PAIN on the 2,398-word graph. Alphabetical order gave me PAIN → LAIN → LOIN → LOON → LOOP → POOP. When the same search is run on #410 it reproduces the published FOES line, which is why I trust the method.
Letter by letter
- PAIN → LAIN: position 1, P to L.
- LAIN → LOIN: position 2, A to O.
- LOIN → LOON: position 3, I to O.
- LOON → LOOP: position 4, N to P.
- LOOP → POOP: position 1, L to P.
Sources: https://poople.io/assets/index-CbbZj1rp.js. Archive anchor: #410, September 28, 2026.