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Waffle #39 (November 5, 2026): answer and a 10-swap solution

The waffle from Thursday, November 5, 2026. Play it first; the swaps and the six words are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Waffle #39 was the grid of Thursday, November 5, 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), 5 were yellow (right word, wrong spot) and 10 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 #39 in numbers

Letters in place at the start6 of 21
Yellow at the start5
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)2 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)1 of 5 letters in place at the start

Waffle #39 starting board

A 10-swap solution for Waffle #39

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 N at row 3, column 3 with G at row 1, column 1. N lands in its place.

  2. Swap C at row 5, column 3 with N at row 1, column 1. C lands in its place and so does N.

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

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

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

  6. Swap E at row 4, column 3 with A at row 1, column 5. E lands in its place; that completes VEGAN.

  7. Swap G at row 3, column 5 with E at row 1, column 5. G lands in its place.

  8. Swap L at row 5, column 4 with G at row 1, column 5. L lands in its place and so does G; that completes CIVIL and HINGE.

  9. Swap A at row 3, column 2 with R at row 2, column 5. A lands in its place.

  10. Swap I at row 3, column 1 with A at row 2, column 5. I lands in its place and so does A; that completes ARGUE, CRASH and LIEGE.

Waffle #39 answer: the six words

Across: CIVIL, ARGUE, HINGE. Down: CRASH, VEGAN, LIEGE.

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