Poople #169 answer & hints

Friday, January 30, 2026

Ladder 1

QUAD → POOP

QUADPOOP

Hint 1 Tap to reveal

The shortest path takes 8 steps after QUAD.

Hint 2 Tap to reveal

Your first move turns QUAD into a word matching Q U _ D.

Hint 3 Tap to reveal

The word just before POOP is PLOP.

Show the shortest path Spoiler

8 steps

startQUAD

step 1QUID

step 2QUIT

step 3SUIT

step 4SLIT

step 5SLOT

step 6PLOT

step 7PLOP

step 8POOP

There are 3 different shortest paths of 8 steps; this one uses the most common words.

Every answer for #169

All Poople #169 answers in one table Spoiler

Ladder	Clue	Shortest path
1	QUAD → POOP	QUAD → QUID → QUIT → SUIT → SLIT → SLOT → PLOT → PLOP → POOP

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Checked by the DleHints team · Updated January 30, 2026
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