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Does your word work?
Check one word or your whole ladder. No unwanted spoilers.
A quick word check
Find a route from this word →Give your whole route a once-over.
Checks against 5,470 words in our practice dictionary. Original Poople acceptance may differ. Word-list source & rules.
What does the route checker look for?
Every word must contain four English letters and appear in our practice word list. Between each pair of words, exactly one letter must change in the same position.
A valid partial route is welcome. You do not need to reach POOP to check the steps you already have.
“It's a word. Why isn't it accepted?”
Word games use specific lists, rather than every word in the English language. Regional spellings, inflections and uncommon terms may differ between lists.
This checker reports membership in our practice list. If the original game rejects a word, use the solver's excluded-words option to find a different route.