Poople answers: November 2026
All 1 Poople puzzles from November 2026. Answers are shown openly on this page — use each puzzle's own page if you want hints first.
November 2026 at a glance
- Average shortest path: 5.00 steps
- Shortest path this month: 5 steps · longest: 5 steps
- Hardest start: #444 KILT
Hardest ladder of the month
startKILT
step 1KILL
step 2PILL
step 3POLL
step 4POOL
step 5POOP
Every answer
| # | Date | Start | Steps | Shortest path |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 444 | November 1, 2026 | KILT | 5 | KILT → KILL → PILL → POLL → POOL → POOP |
Worked analyses for this month
Open a puzzle to compare candidates and follow the evidence. These sections contain answers; missing analyses are marked rather than inferred from answer letters.
Poople #444 — November 1, 2026
Round 1: KILT → POOP
Reasoning & candidate comparison Contains the answer
Why the 5-step KILT ladder works
- Start at KILT. A breadth-first search from POOP over the 2,398 words in the captured official dictionary places KILT at distance 5. Each edge changes exactly one letter, so no shorter route exists in this captured graph.
- KILT → KILL: change letter 4 from T to L. The shortest remaining distance falls from 5 to 4.
- KILL → PILL: change letter 1 from K to P. The shortest remaining distance falls from 4 to 3.
- PILL → POLL: change letter 2 from I to O. The shortest remaining distance falls from 3 to 2.
- POLL → POOL: change letter 3 from L to O. The shortest remaining distance falls from 2 to 1.
- POOL → POOP: change letter 4 from L to P. The shortest remaining distance falls from 1 to 0.
- 2 of the 9 accepted one-letter neighbours of KILT can start a shortest route: HILT, KILL. Compare remaining distance, not just how similar the spelling looks to POOP.
| Candidate / approach | Assessment | Why |
|---|---|---|
| KILT → KILL | Keeps a shortest route | KILL is in the captured game dictionary and changes one letter. It needs at least 4 more steps, making 5 from KILT. |
| KILT → HILT | Keeps a shortest route | HILT is in the captured game dictionary and changes one letter. It needs at least 4 more steps, making 5 from KILT. |
| KILT → GILT | Valid word, longer route | GILT is in the captured game dictionary and changes one letter. It needs at least 5 more steps, making 6 from KILT, 1 more than the optimum. |
| KILT → LILT | Valid word, longer route | LILT is in the captured game dictionary and changes one letter. It needs at least 5 more steps, making 6 from KILT, 1 more than the optimum. |
What this does and does not establish
- This is our reproducible graph analysis using the dictionary snapshot captured 2026-11-01 (SHA-256 4e15f14a91768bd0b3c7104ed443dfd4499cbd0b4f7cdcbd1525fa83bfb6f5f9). It is not a claim that Poople published this exact route, or that its dictionary was identical on every historical date.
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