5 FiveLetterWords

Waffle · Classic

Waffle Classic hints for · #1428

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#1428UTC

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 C.

One more letter
Starts with C and ends with D.

Reveal top row
CLOUD

Middle row

Letter clue
5 letters, including 3 vowels (A, E, I, O or U).

First letter
Starts with O.

One more letter
Starts with O and ends with R.

Reveal middle row
OUTER

Bottom row

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

First letter
Starts with H.

One more letter
Starts with H and ends with Y.

Reveal bottom row
HONEY

Left column

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

First letter
Starts with C.

One more letter
Starts with C and ends with H.

Reveal left column
CLOTH

Middle column

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

First letter
Starts with O.

One more letter
Starts with O and ends with N.

Reveal middle column
OFTEN

Right column

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

First letter
Starts with D.

One more letter
Starts with D and ends with Y.

Reveal right column
DERBY

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 CLOUD, position 1, meets left column CLOTH, position 1: both need C.
  • Top row CLOUD, position 3, meets middle column OFTEN, position 1: both need O.
  • Top row CLOUD, position 5, meets right column DERBY, position 1: both need D.
  • Middle row OUTER, position 1, meets left column CLOTH, position 3: both need O.
  • Middle row OUTER, position 3, meets middle column OFTEN, position 3: both need T.
  • Middle row OUTER, position 5, meets right column DERBY, position 3: both need R.
  • Bottom row HONEY, position 1, meets left column CLOTH, position 5: both need H.
  • Bottom row HONEY, position 3, meets middle column OFTEN, position 5: both need N.
  • Bottom row HONEY, position 5, meets right column DERBY, position 5: both need Y.

The 21 tiles contain B × 1, C × 1, D × 1, E × 4, F × 1, H × 1, L × 2, N × 1, O × 3, R × 1, T × 2, U × 2, 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 19, 2025

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: 80bc4bb712de.

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