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Poople #117: APES to POOP

December 9, 2025 · Medium · par 7 · updated October 1, 2026

One shortest path is APES → APED → SPED → SLED → PLED → PLOD → PLOP → POOP. That is 7 moves, and the par stored next to APES in the client is 7.

I walked APES forward one letter at a time on the 2,398-word graph. Alphabetical neighbor order produced APES → APED → SPED → SLED → PLED → PLOD → PLOP → POOP. I am publishing that route because the length matches the client's par.

Each change

  1. APES → APED: letter 4 changes from S to D.
  2. APED → SPED: letter 1 changes from A to S.
  3. SPED → SLED: letter 2 changes from P to L.
  4. SLED → PLED: letter 1 changes from S to P.
  5. PLED → PLOD: letter 3 changes from E to O.
  6. PLOD → PLOP: letter 4 changes from D to P.
  7. PLOP → POOP: letter 2 changes from L to O.
poople.io board captured while puzzle 411 was live
Live board capture from poople.io on September 30, 2026.
Official BARN to BORN one-letter example
The same one-letter rule this ladder follows. Asset from poople.io.
Poople gameplay video. Loads from YouTube only after you press play.

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Sources: poople.io client bundle, checked 2026-09-30. Anchor date for #410 is September 28, 2026.