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Waffle #25 (October 22, 2026): answer and a 10-swap solution

The waffle from Thursday, October 22, 2026. Play it first; the swaps and the six words are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Waffle #25 was the grid of Thursday, October 22, 2026: six five-letter words, three across and three down, sharing nine crossing cells. At the start 6 letters of 21 were already green (in place), 7 were yellow (right word, wrong spot) and 8 grey. The 15 misplaced letters can be sorted in 10 swaps at best, so with the 15 allowed you have 5 to spare, and every spare swap is a star. The line below reaches the answer in exactly 10; it is not the only one, since the same letter often appears twice, but no shorter line exists.

Waffle #25 in numbers

Letters in place at the start6 of 21
Yellow at the start7
Grey at the start8
Minimum swaps10
Swaps allowed15 (5 stars at 10 or fewer)
Across 1 (top row)2 of 5 letters in place at the start
Across 2 (middle row)1 of 5 letters in place at the start
Across 3 (bottom row)0 of 5 letters in place at the start
Down 1 (left column)2 of 5 letters in place at the start
Down 2 (middle column)1 of 5 letters in place at the start
Down 3 (right column)2 of 5 letters in place at the start

Waffle #25 starting board

A 10-swap solution for Waffle #25

One optimal line, computed from the best matching of misplaced letters to the cells that need them. Rows and columns are counted from the top-left corner.

  1. Swap I at row 1, column 4 with L at row 1, column 2. I lands in its place and so does L.

  2. Swap D at row 3, column 5 with E at row 1, column 3. D lands in its place.

  3. Swap S at row 3, column 4 with D at row 1, column 3. S lands in its place.

  4. Swap T at row 5, column 3 with S at row 1, column 3. T lands in its place and so does S; that completes TITLE.

  5. Swap S at row 5, column 1 with H at row 2, column 3. S lands in its place.

  6. Swap T at row 5, column 4 with S at row 2, column 3. T lands in its place.

  7. Swap R at row 4, column 1 with T at row 2, column 3. R lands in its place and so does T.

  8. Swap N at row 5, column 2 with U at row 2, column 5. N lands in its place and so does U.

  9. Swap Y at row 3, column 3 with U at row 3, column 1. Y lands in its place; that completes TRUSS.

  10. Swap E at row 5, column 5 with Y at row 3, column 1. E lands in its place and so does Y; that completes ELUDE, HUSSY, TEETH and ENEMY.

Waffle #25 answer: the six words

Across: TITLE, ELUDE, HUSSY. Down: TEETH, TRUSS, ENEMY.

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