Waffle Answer and Hints Today, #1750 for Friday, Nov. 6, 2026: Six Meanings, a Swap Count

Waffle (wafflegame.net) puzzle #1750 is the grid for Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, with six of its 21 tiles green at the start. That leaves 15 tiles to move, and the board can be solved in 10 swaps. The hints below take one word at a time; the answers and the full route wait in the marked spoiler section.

Six green tiles are already home; the rules and tile colors are on our Waffle page.

Hints for each word

Across

• Row 1: first letter L, last letter Y. An adjective meaning very high or tall.
• Row 3: first letter S, last letter E. A verb meaning to give off a steady light or glow.
• Row 5: first letter R, last letter D. An adjective for something stiff that does not bend.

Down

• Column 1: first letter L, last letter R. A noun for a device that makes a narrow, intense beam.
• Column 3: first letter F, last letter G. A verb meaning to throw something hard and carelessly.
• Column 5: first letter Y, last letter D. A verb meaning to give way, or to produce a crop.

What the swap structure of today’s board shows

The 21 tiles hold one letter four times and another three times. Two more letters appear twice each, and ten letters appear once. That makes 14 different letters across the grid, so plenty of tiles have no twin to confuse them with.

The route we list for the minimum is built from two kinds of swap. Five of its 10 swaps put two tiles on their final squares at once, and the other five settle one tile each. Five doubles and five singles add up to the 15 tiles that start out of place. All three of the first three swaps are doubles, so the board opens up quickly.

One square does more work than any other. Row 1, column 2 is touched by four of the 10 swaps, more often than any other square in the route. If you play it tile by tile, expect that square to change hands several times before it settles.

Mark your streak on our printable weekly calendar or the November 2026 printable calendar.

More of today’s puzzles: Wordle hints and Connections hints. Yesterday’s grid: Waffle #1749.

Today’s Waffle answers (spoilers)

Stop here if you still want to solve it yourself.

Direction	Position	Answer
Across	Row 1	Lofty
Across	Row 3	Shine
Across	Row 5	Rigid
Down	Column 1	Laser
Down	Column 3	Fling
Down	Column 5	Yield

The solved grid, with a dot for each hole:

L O F T Y
A . L . I
S H I N E
E . N . L
R I G I D

The starting grid

This starting grid shows the letters row by row, with dots for the holes:

L E L I Y
I . N . A
E N I H L
T . I . F
R S G O D

Six tiles are already green: L in row 1, column 1; Y in row 1, column 5; I in the center; R in row 5, column 1; G in row 5, column 3; and D in row 5, column 5.

A 10-swap route for five stars

Here is a 10-swap route, the minimum, that turns the starting grid into the solved grid. Play the swaps in order, since each one assumes the earlier ones are done. Ten swaps leave five of the 15 unused, so it earns five stars. Swaps 1, 2, 3, 7 and 10 each put two tiles home at once.

Swap	Squares	Letters
1	Row 1, column 3 and row 4, column 5	L and F
2	Row 2, column 1 and row 2, column 5	I and A
3	Row 3, column 2 and row 3, column 4	N and H
4	Row 1, column 2 and row 3, column 5	E and L
5	Row 1, column 2 and row 2, column 3	L and N
6	Row 1, column 2 and row 4, column 3	N and I
7	Row 1, column 2 and row 5, column 4	I and O
8	Row 1, column 4 and row 4, column 1	I and T
9	Row 3, column 1 and row 4, column 1	E and I
10	Row 3, column 1 and row 5, column 2	I and S