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Waffle #26 (October 23, 2026): answer and a 10-swap solution

The waffle from Friday, October 23, 2026. Play it first; the swaps and the six words are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Waffle #26 was the grid of Friday, October 23, 2026: six five-letter words, three across and three down, sharing nine crossing cells. At the start 5 letters of 21 were already green (in place), 5 were yellow (right word, wrong spot) and 11 grey. The 16 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 #26 in numbers

Letters in place at the start5 of 21
Yellow at the start5
Grey at the start11
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)0 of 5 letters in place at the start
Across 3 (bottom row)1 of 5 letters in place at the start
Down 1 (left column)0 of 5 letters in place at the start
Down 2 (middle column)2 of 5 letters in place at the start
Down 3 (right column)2 of 5 letters in place at the start

Waffle #26 starting board

A 10-swap solution for Waffle #26

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 T at row 3, column 4 with L at row 1, column 1. T lands in its place and so does L.

  2. Swap T at row 4, column 5 with L at row 1, column 4. T lands in its place.

  3. Swap D at row 5, column 1 with T at row 1, column 4. D lands in its place and so does T.

  4. Swap Y at row 4, column 1 with H at row 1, column 5. Y lands in its place and so does H; that completes TODDY.

  5. Swap V at row 3, column 1 with G at row 2, column 1. V lands in its place.

  6. Swap E at row 4, column 3 with V at row 2, column 1. E lands in its place.

  7. Swap I at row 5, column 3 with E at row 2, column 1. I lands in its place and so does E; that completes TIGHT.

  8. Swap R at row 3, column 3 with I at row 3, column 2. R lands in its place; that completes DRIVE.

  9. Swap U at row 5, column 2 with R at row 3, column 2. U lands in its place and so does R.

  10. Swap E at row 5, column 4 with A at row 3, column 5. E lands in its place and so does A; that completes GUILE, TREAD and YIELD.

Waffle #26 answer: the six words

Across: TODDY, GUILE, TREAD. Down: TIGHT, DRIVE, YIELD.

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