Top row
Letter clue
5 letters, including 1 vowel (A, E, I, O or U).
First letter
Starts with S.
One more letter
Starts with S and ends with L.
Reveal top row
STALL
Crossing words and letter swaps
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Middle row
Letter clue
5 letters, including 3 vowels (A, E, I, O or U).
First letter
Starts with R.
One more letter
Starts with R and ends with E.
Reveal middle row
ROGUE
Bottom row
Letter clue
5 letters, including 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U).
First letter
Starts with W.
One more letter
Starts with W and ends with E.
Reveal bottom row
WHERE
Left column
Letter clue
5 letters, including 1 vowel (A, E, I, O or U).
First letter
Starts with S.
One more letter
Starts with S and ends with W.
Reveal left column
STRAW
Middle column
Letter clue
5 letters, including 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U).
First letter
Starts with A.
One more letter
Starts with A and ends with E.
Reveal middle column
ANGLE
Right column
Letter clue
5 letters, including 3 vowels (A, E, I, O or U).
First letter
Starts with L.
One more letter
Starts with L and ends with E.
Reveal right column
LIEGE
Puzzle source: Waffle official game. The date above follows UTC.
Understand this puzzle
Choose a worked example after solving, or open just the part you need. These explanations are calculated from this recorded puzzle.
Check the nine shared letters
The three across words and three down words share nine tiles. An across answer needs to agree with each down answer at its first, third and fifth letters.
- Top row STALL, position 1, meets left column STRAW, position 1: both need S.
- Top row STALL, position 3, meets middle column ANGLE, position 1: both need A.
- Top row STALL, position 5, meets right column LIEGE, position 1: both need L.
- Middle row ROGUE, position 1, meets left column STRAW, position 3: both need R.
- Middle row ROGUE, position 3, meets middle column ANGLE, position 3: both need G.
- Middle row ROGUE, position 5, meets right column LIEGE, position 3: both need E.
- Bottom row WHERE, position 1, meets left column STRAW, position 5: both need W.
- Bottom row WHERE, position 3, meets middle column ANGLE, position 5: both need E.
- Bottom row WHERE, position 5, meets right column LIEGE, position 5: both need E.
The 21 tiles contain A × 2, E × 3, G × 2, H × 1, I × 1, L × 3, N × 1, O × 1, R × 2, S × 1, T × 2, U × 1, W × 1. Count each shared tile once when checking whether an entered board can reach this solution.
These checks follow from the six verified answer words. A swap sequence depends on the letters and colours currently on your own board; enter those in the Waffle solver.
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Make the most of your next guess
A yellow letter at an intersection can belong to either crossing word. The dated archive gives the six answer words, with each crossing checked.
Use the Waffle solver to work with the clues already in your game. You can also play Waffle at its official site.
Where the answers and hints come from
Answers are checked against the official game's public puzzle data. Each page identifies its puzzle date and source; when the current puzzle cannot be verified, its answers are withheld.
Letter hints are calculated from each answer; any dictionary meaning has its source shown beside the hint. Where the game publishes a clue, it is labelled “Puzzle clue”. FiveLetterWords is independent of Waffle. Contact us about a correction.