This page covers Waffle #1753 for November 9, 2026: its six five-letter words, three across and three down. Each word has four hints folded below from lightest to strongest, followed by the answers and the fewest swaps.
The picture below shows the starting board, where a green square holds a letter already in the right place.
Waffle #1753 Hints for November 9, 2026
Open the hints for one word at a time. Each word has four hints, and each hint reveals more than the one before it.
Top Row Word
Hint 1 · word category
A noun about boats and water travel.
Hint 2 · letters and vowels
The word has one vowel and at least one letter appears more than once.
Hint 3 · first letter
The word starts with the letter S.
Hint 4 · plain meaning
A small boat that one person can sail or row.
Middle Row Word
Hint 1 · word category
An adjective about places where people live.
Hint 2 · letters and vowels
The word has two vowels and no letter appears twice.
Hint 3 · first letter
The word starts with the letter U.
Hint 4 · plain meaning
Related to a city or town and life there.
Bottom Row Word
Hint 1 · word category
A verb about homes and living places.
Hint 2 · letters and vowels
The word has one vowel and at least one letter appears more than once.
Hint 3 · first letter
The word starts with the letter D.
Hint 4 · plain meaning
To live or reside in a place.
Left Column Word
Hint 1 · word category
A noun related to hearing.
Hint 2 · letters and vowels
The word has two vowels and no letter appears twice.
Hint 3 · first letter
The word starts with the letter S.
Hint 4 · plain meaning
A sensation perceived by the ear when air or another medium vibrates.
Middle Column Word
Hint 1 · word category
A verb about feelings and ideas.
Hint 2 · letters and vowels
The word has three vowels and no letter appears twice.
Hint 3 · first letter
The word starts with the letter I.
Hint 4 · plain meaning
To instill a particular quality, feeling, or idea in someone.
Right Column Word
Hint 1 · word category
An adjective about the order of events.
Hint 2 · letters and vowels
The word has two vowels and no letter appears twice.
Hint 3 · first letter
The word starts with the letter F.
Hint 4 · plain meaning
Coming after all the others.
Waffle #1753 Answers for November 9, 2026
The six words and the solved board are hidden in the fold below, and the fewest swaps are in the next fold. Open them when you have finished guessing.
Waffle #1753 answers
Across: SKIFF, URBAN, DWELL · Down: SOUND, IMBUE, FINAL
- Top Row SKIFF: A skiff is a small boat that one person can sail or row.
- Middle Row URBAN: Urban describes something related to a city or town and life there.
- Bottom Row DWELL: To dwell somewhere is to live or reside there.
- Left Column SOUND: Sound is a sensation perceived by the ear, caused by vibrations in air or another medium.
- Middle Column IMBUE: To imbue someone is to instill a particular quality, feeling, or idea in them.
- Right Column FINAL: Final means last in a sequence.
Solve in ten swaps
The game says every Waffle can be solved in as few as ten swaps, and the ten swaps below solve this one. Rows are counted from the top and columns from the left, both from 1 to 5.
- Swap the letter M in row 1, column 2 with the letter F in row 2, column 3.
- Swap the letter F in row 1, column 2 with the letter U in row 1, column 4.
- Swap the letter U in row 1, column 2 with the letter K in row 3, column 1.
- Swap the letter E in row 1, column 3 with the letter A in row 5, column 3.
- Swap the letter A in row 1, column 3 with the letter N in row 3, column 4.
- Swap the letter N in row 1, column 3 with the letter I in row 3, column 5.
- Swap the letter A in row 2, column 1 with the letter N in row 4, column 5.
- Swap the letter N in row 2, column 1 with the letter O in row 4, column 1.
- Swap the letter R in row 2, column 5 with the letter W in row 3, column 2.
- Swap the letter W in row 2, column 5 with the letter I in row 5, column 2.
Yesterday’s Waffle #1752 answers for November 8, 2026
LANCE, MAMBO, RIDGE, LEMUR, NOMAD, ELOPE
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Questions about Waffle
How is Waffle played?
The board holds six words, three across and three down, with their letters out of place. Swap two letters at a time to put every letter in the right square. A green letter is in the right place, and a yellow letter belongs to that word but in another square.
When does Waffle change to a new puzzle?
By default, everyone gets a new puzzle at the same moment, midnight GMT. You can change a setting to get it at midnight in your own time zone instead.
How many tries does a player get in Waffle?
You have fifteen swaps, and every Waffle can be solved in as few as ten swaps. The game gives a star for each swap left over when the puzzle is solved.
Where can a person play Waffle?
Play Waffle in a web browser on the game’s own site.
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