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Waffle #42 (November 8, 2026): answer and a 10-swap solution

The waffle from Sunday, November 8, 2026. Play it first; the swaps and the six words are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Waffle #42 was the grid of Sunday, November 8, 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), 6 were yellow (right word, wrong spot) and 9 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 #42 in numbers

Letters in place at the start6 of 21
Yellow at the start6
Grey at the start9
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)2 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)4 of 5 letters in place at the start
Down 2 (middle column)0 of 5 letters in place at the start
Down 3 (right column)1 of 5 letters in place at the start

Waffle #42 starting board

A 10-swap solution for Waffle #42

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 E at row 5, column 4 with B at row 1, column 2. E lands in its place.

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

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

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

  5. Swap E at row 5, column 3 with R at row 1, column 5. E lands in its place and so does R; that completes FLUME and DERBY.

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

  7. Swap R at row 2, column 3 with L at row 2, column 1. R lands in its place and so does L; that completes FROND.

  8. Swap U at row 4, column 5 with L at row 2, column 5. U lands in its place.

  9. Swap C at row 3, column 4 with U at row 2, column 5. C lands in its place.

  10. Swap A at row 3, column 3 with C at row 2, column 5. A lands in its place and so does C; that completes OCCUR, ULCER and EARLY.

Waffle #42 answer: the six words

Across: FLUME, OCCUR, DERBY. Down: FROND, ULCER, EARLY.

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