Poople #189 answer & hints

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Ladder 1

ARMY → POOP

ARMYPOOP

Hint 1 Tap to reveal

The shortest path takes 8 steps after ARMY.

Hint 2 Tap to reveal

Your first move turns ARMY into a word matching A R M _.

Hint 3 Tap to reveal

The word just before POOP is BOOP.

Show the shortest path Spoiler

8 steps

startARMY

step 1ARMS

step 2AIMS

step 3AIDS

step 4BIDS

step 5BODS

step 6BOOS

step 7BOOP

step 8POOP

There are 6 different shortest paths of 8 steps; this one uses the most common words.

Every answer for #189

All Poople #189 answers in one table Spoiler

Ladder	Clue	Shortest path
1	ARMY → POOP	ARMY → ARMS → AIMS → AIDS → BIDS → BODS → BOOS → BOOP → POOP

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Compiled by DleHints · Updated February 19, 2026
Paths are solved by us with Poople's own word list; each is compared with the shortest path the game publishes the next day. Source: Poople (official). How we work →