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Waffle #33 (October 30, 2026): answer and a 10-swap solution

The waffle from Friday, October 30, 2026. Play it first; the swaps and the six words are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Waffle #33 was the grid of Friday, October 30, 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), 4 were yellow (right word, wrong spot) and 11 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 #33 in numbers

Letters in place at the start6 of 21
Yellow at the start4
Grey at the start11
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)0 of 5 letters in place at the start
Across 3 (bottom row)2 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 #33 starting board

A 10-swap solution for Waffle #33

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 C at row 2, column 3 with A at row 1, column 1. C lands in its place and so does A.

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

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

  4. Swap I at row 5, column 4 with V at row 1, column 2. I lands in its place and so does V.

  5. Swap I at row 3, column 4 with E at row 1, column 5. I lands in its place.

  6. Swap H at row 4, column 3 with I at row 1, column 5. H lands in its place and so does I; that completes CINCH.

  7. Swap O at row 3, column 5 with L at row 2, column 5. O lands in its place.

  8. Swap A at row 3, column 2 with O at row 2, column 5. A lands in its place and so does O; that completes HALVE.

  9. Swap C at row 5, column 3 with R at row 3, column 1. C lands in its place; that completes NADIR.

  10. Swap M at row 5, column 1 with C at row 3, column 1. M lands in its place and so does C; that completes MODEL, CARVE and COMIC.

Waffle #33 answer: the six words

Across: CINCH, MODEL, CARVE. Down: COMIC, NADIR, HALVE.

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