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Waffle #27 (October 24, 2026): answer and a 10-swap solution

The waffle from Saturday, October 24, 2026. Play it first; the swaps and the six words are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Waffle #27 was the grid of Saturday, October 24, 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), 6 were yellow (right word, wrong spot) and 10 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 #27 in numbers

Letters in place at the start5 of 21
Yellow at the start6
Grey at the start10
Minimum swaps10
Swaps allowed15 (5 stars at 10 or fewer)
Across 1 (top row)1 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)1 of 5 letters in place at the start
Down 1 (left column)1 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 #27 starting board

A 10-swap solution for Waffle #27

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 U at row 4, column 3 with L at row 1, column 2. U lands in its place and so does L.

  2. Swap I at row 3, column 1 with B at row 1, column 3. I lands in its place.

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

  4. Swap O at row 3, column 4 with N at row 1, column 5. O lands in its place and so does N; that completes AUDIO.

  5. Swap M at row 3, column 3 with I at row 2, column 1. M lands in its place.

  6. Swap L at row 5, column 1 with M at row 2, column 1. L lands in its place and so does M.

  7. Swap U at row 5, column 3 with L at row 3, column 2. U lands in its place; that completes DRILL.

  8. Swap A at row 4, column 1 with U at row 3, column 2. A lands in its place; that completes ALBUM.

  9. Swap E at row 4, column 5 with A at row 3, column 2. E lands in its place and so does A; that completes BEING.

  10. Swap O at row 5, column 5 with N at row 5, column 4. O lands in its place and so does N; that completes MELON and ORGAN.

Waffle #27 answer: the six words

Across: AUDIO, BEING, MELON. Down: ALBUM, DRILL, ORGAN.

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