Waffle · Classic

Waffle Classic hints for · #692

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Just enough help

6 words. Every reveal is your choice.

Top row

Letter clue
5 letters, including 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U).

First letter
Starts with N.

One more letter
Starts with N and ends with L.

Reveal top row
NAVAL

Middle row

Letter clue
5 letters, including 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U).

First letter
Starts with B.

One more letter
Starts with B and ends with N.

Reveal middle row
BASIN

Bottom row

Letter clue
5 letters, including 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U).

First letter
Starts with Y.

One more letter
Starts with Y and ends with N.

Reveal bottom row
YEARN

Left column

Letter clue
5 letters, including 1 vowel (A, E, I, O or U).

First letter
Starts with N.

One more letter
Starts with N and ends with Y.

Reveal left column
NOBLY

Middle column

Letter clue
5 letters, including 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U).

First letter
Starts with V.

One more letter
Starts with V and ends with A.

Reveal middle column
VISTA

Right column

Letter clue
5 letters, including 2 vowels (A, E, I, O or U).

First letter
Starts with L.

One more letter
Starts with L and ends with N.

Reveal right column
LINEN

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 NAVAL, position 1, meets left column NOBLY, position 1: both need N.
  • Top row NAVAL, position 3, meets middle column VISTA, position 1: both need V.
  • Top row NAVAL, position 5, meets right column LINEN, position 1: both need L.
  • Middle row BASIN, position 1, meets left column NOBLY, position 3: both need B.
  • Middle row BASIN, position 3, meets middle column VISTA, position 3: both need S.
  • Middle row BASIN, position 5, meets right column LINEN, position 3: both need N.
  • Bottom row YEARN, position 1, meets left column NOBLY, position 5: both need Y.
  • Bottom row YEARN, position 3, meets middle column VISTA, position 5: both need A.
  • Bottom row YEARN, position 5, meets right column LINEN, position 5: both need N.

The 21 tiles contain A × 4, B × 1, E × 2, I × 3, L × 2, N × 3, O × 1, R × 1, S × 1, T × 1, V × 1, Y × 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.

Continue with your own clues

A yellow letter at an intersection can belong to either crossing word. The dated archive gives the six answer words, with each crossing checked.

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Also on December 14, 2023

Source and record information

Recorded from the existing verified source adapter. Source retrieved .

Six answer words from the public Classic archive, checked against its dated number and crossing solution. Starting boards, artwork, definitions and other modes are omitted; the 23 hourly launch puzzles are outside this daily contract.

Letter clues and worked solving examples are deterministic calculations. Record revision: 97cd7f044146.

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