5 FiveLetterWords

Waffle · Classic

Waffle Classic hints for · #1540

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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 A.

One more letter
Starts with A and ends with D.

Reveal top row
AWARD

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 N.

Reveal middle row
OCEAN

Bottom row

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 O.

Reveal bottom row
DITTO

Left column

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

First letter
Starts with A.

One more letter
Starts with A and ends with D.

Reveal left column
ALOUD

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 T.

Reveal middle column
AGENT

Right 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 O.

Reveal right column
DINGO

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 AWARD, position 1, meets left column ALOUD, position 1: both need A.
  • Top row AWARD, position 3, meets middle column AGENT, position 1: both need A.
  • Top row AWARD, position 5, meets right column DINGO, position 1: both need D.
  • Middle row OCEAN, position 1, meets left column ALOUD, position 3: both need O.
  • Middle row OCEAN, position 3, meets middle column AGENT, position 3: both need E.
  • Middle row OCEAN, position 5, meets right column DINGO, position 3: both need N.
  • Bottom row DITTO, position 1, meets left column ALOUD, position 5: both need D.
  • Bottom row DITTO, position 3, meets middle column AGENT, position 5: both need T.
  • Bottom row DITTO, position 5, meets right column DINGO, position 5: both need O.

The 21 tiles contain A × 3, C × 1, D × 2, E × 1, G × 2, I × 2, L × 1, N × 2, O × 2, R × 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.

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 10, 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: 0af66d562c1c.

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