5 FiveLetterWords

Waffle · Classic

Waffle Classic hints for · #1578

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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 M.

One more letter
Starts with M and ends with O.

Reveal top row
METRO

Middle row

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

First letter
Starts with R.

One more letter
Starts with R and ends with T.

Reveal middle row
REACT

Bottom row

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 C.

Reveal bottom row
LILAC

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 L.

Reveal left column
MURAL

Middle column

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

First letter
Starts with T.

One more letter
Starts with T and ends with L.

Reveal middle column
TRAWL

Right 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 C.

Reveal right column
OPTIC

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 METRO, position 1, meets left column MURAL, position 1: both need M.
  • Top row METRO, position 3, meets middle column TRAWL, position 1: both need T.
  • Top row METRO, position 5, meets right column OPTIC, position 1: both need O.
  • Middle row REACT, position 1, meets left column MURAL, position 3: both need R.
  • Middle row REACT, position 3, meets middle column TRAWL, position 3: both need A.
  • Middle row REACT, position 5, meets right column OPTIC, position 3: both need T.
  • Bottom row LILAC, position 1, meets left column MURAL, position 5: both need L.
  • Bottom row LILAC, position 3, meets middle column TRAWL, position 5: both need L.
  • Bottom row LILAC, position 5, meets right column OPTIC, position 5: both need C.

The 21 tiles contain A × 3, C × 2, E × 2, I × 2, L × 2, M × 1, O × 1, P × 1, R × 3, 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 May 18, 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: e73022e5ca6c.

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