5 FiveLetterWords

Waffle · Classic

Waffle Classic hints for · #1538

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#1538UTC

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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
MANGE

Middle 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 A.

Reveal middle row
CHINA

Bottom row

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

First letter
Starts with S.

One more letter
Starts with S and ends with T.

Reveal bottom row
SWEET

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 S.

Reveal left column
MUCUS

Middle column

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

First letter
Starts with N.

One more letter
Starts with N and ends with E.

Reveal middle column
NOISE

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 T.

Reveal right column
ENACT

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 MANGE, position 1, meets left column MUCUS, position 1: both need M.
  • Top row MANGE, position 3, meets middle column NOISE, position 1: both need N.
  • Top row MANGE, position 5, meets right column ENACT, position 1: both need E.
  • Middle row CHINA, position 1, meets left column MUCUS, position 3: both need C.
  • Middle row CHINA, position 3, meets middle column NOISE, position 3: both need I.
  • Middle row CHINA, position 5, meets right column ENACT, position 3: both need A.
  • Bottom row SWEET, position 1, meets left column MUCUS, position 5: both need S.
  • Bottom row SWEET, position 3, meets middle column NOISE, position 5: both need E.
  • Bottom row SWEET, position 5, meets right column ENACT, position 5: both need T.

The 21 tiles contain A × 2, C × 2, E × 3, G × 1, H × 1, I × 1, M × 1, N × 3, O × 1, S × 2, T × 1, U × 2, 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.

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 April 8, 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: f7b6a8536d8a.

Report a problem; include waffle:classic:main:en:2026-04-08 and revision f7b6a8536d8a.