5 FiveLetterWords

Waffle · Classic

Waffle Classic hints for · #1449

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#1449UTC

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 M.

One more letter
Starts with M and ends with E.

Reveal top row
MIDGE

Middle row

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 B.

Reveal middle row
CLIMB

Bottom row

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 R.

Reveal bottom row
OLDER

Left column

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

First letter
Starts with M.

One more letter
Starts with M and ends with O.

Reveal left column
MACHO

Middle column

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

First letter
Starts with D.

One more letter
Starts with D and ends with D.

Reveal middle column
DRIED

Right column

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

First letter
Starts with E.

One more letter
Starts with E and ends with R.

Reveal right column
EMBER

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 MIDGE, position 1, meets left column MACHO, position 1: both need M.
  • Top row MIDGE, position 3, meets middle column DRIED, position 1: both need D.
  • Top row MIDGE, position 5, meets right column EMBER, position 1: both need E.
  • Middle row CLIMB, position 1, meets left column MACHO, position 3: both need C.
  • Middle row CLIMB, position 3, meets middle column DRIED, position 3: both need I.
  • Middle row CLIMB, position 5, meets right column EMBER, position 3: both need B.
  • Bottom row OLDER, position 1, meets left column MACHO, position 5: both need O.
  • Bottom row OLDER, position 3, meets middle column DRIED, position 5: both need D.
  • Bottom row OLDER, position 5, meets right column EMBER, position 5: both need R.

The 21 tiles contain A × 1, B × 1, C × 1, D × 2, E × 4, G × 1, H × 1, I × 2, L × 2, M × 3, O × 1, R × 2. 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.

Open the solver or play at the official site. FiveLetterWords is an independent helper.

Also on January 9, 2026

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: 7d7cc6f7a6a5.

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