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Poople #383 Answer & Full Solution:
NAPS to POOP Word Ladder

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The board opens on NAPS. Stuck? The Hint button suggests the next rung.

 

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Full solution

The fastest route from NAPS to POOP takes 5 moves.

  • NAPS→
  • CAPS→
  • COPS→
  • COOS→
  • COOP→
  • POOP

About this puzzle

Puzzle number383
Date2026-09-01
Par5
Neighbor words from NAPS18
Shortest path is uniqueYes
Harder than yesterday's puzzleNo

Bridge words

WordMeaning
NAPS(noun) — plural of nap, a short sleep
CAPS(noun) — plural of cap, a soft brimmed hat
COPS(noun) — plural of cop, an informal term for a police officer
COOS(verb) — third person of coo, to make a soft murmuring sound
COOP(noun) — a cage or small enclosure for poultry
POOP(noun) — the waste discharged from the bowels

Letter-by-letter path explanation

Each rung below changes exactly one letter from the rung above it. Read top-to-bottom — by the last rung you have reached POOP.

  1. Step 1: NAPS → CAPSLetter 1 changes from N to C
  2. Step 2: CAPS → COPSLetter 2 changes from A to O
  3. Step 3: COPS → COOSLetter 3 changes from P to O
  4. Step 4: COOS → COOPLetter 4 changes from S to P
  5. Step 5: COOP → POOPLetter 1 changes from C to P

Strategy for solving this puzzle

The fastest path is 5 moves. The legal first moves that stay on the shortest route are: DAPS, GAPS, HAPS, LAPS, MAPS, NABS, NAGS, NAPE, NAYS, PAPS, RAPS, SAPS, TAPS, YAPS, ZAPS. If you do not see those moves immediately, the neighbouring first steps that add only one extra move are: NAES, NIPS. Most players find the par through one of those rather than the strict shortest-path branch. This board is on par with or easier than yesterday's puzzle.

Word finder & reference words

Use this block to scout the ladder by hand: the neighbours show what one-letter moves are legal from NAPS, and the same-suffix list shows the wider family of words that share the ending.

Word groupWords
1-letter mutations of NAPSCAPS, DAPS, GAPS, HAPS, LAPS, MAPS, NABS, NAES, NAGS, NAPE, NAYS, NIPS, PAPS, RAPS, SAPS, TAPS, YAPS, ZAPS
4-letter words ending in PSALPS, AMPS, APPS, ASPS, BOPS, CAPS, COPS, CUPS, DAPS, DIPS, FOPS, GAPS, HAPS, HIPS, HOPS, IMPS, LAPS, LIPS, LOPS, MAPS, MOPS, NIPS, OOPS, PAPS, PEPS, PIPS, POPS, PUPS, RAPS, REPS, RIPS, SAPS, SIPS, SOPS, SUPS, TAPS, TIPS, TOPS, UMPS, YAPS, YIPS, ZAPS, ZIPS

FAQ

What is the Poople game?

Poople is a daily word ladder puzzle: start from a four-letter word, change one letter at a time, and reach POOP in as few steps as possible. A new puzzle drops every day at 08:00 UTC.

What is the answer to Poople #383?

The shortest path from NAPS to POOP takes 5 steps:NAPS → CAPS → COPS → COOS → COOP → POOP. See the full ladder above for every intermediate word.

Is the shortest path unique for #383?

Yes. There is exactly one shortest route, so the ladder above is the only optimal line.

What is the key late-game move in #383?

The turning point is reaching COOP — once you reach COOP, the remaining 1 steps to POOP follow naturally through common words like COOP.

How do I get better at Poople?

Practice with our free unlimited mode to build pattern recognition. Vowel swaps, consonant clusters, and bridge words like BOOK and COOK repeat across many puzzles. Stuck on a different pair? Use the Poople solver to see the shortest ladder between any two words, or jump to today's daily puzzle.

What do the difficulty labels mean?

Easy (1–5 steps), Medium (6–9 steps), Hard (10+ steps). Difficulty depends on the starting word's letters — rare letters like J, X, Q, Z make paths longer because fewer one-letter neighbours exist.

First moves

Distance from parLegal first moves
On the shortest pathDAPS, GAPS, HAPS, LAPS, MAPS, NABS, NAGS, NAPE, NAYS, PAPS, RAPS, SAPS, TAPS, YAPS, ZAPS
One step longerNAES, NIPS
Two or more steps longerNone