Waffle #1753 Hints & Answers Today, November 9, 2026

Waffle (wafflegame.net) puzzle #1753, for Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, opens with 7 of its 21 tiles already green. The bottom row has the biggest head start. Each word gets a meaning below; answers and the full swap route wait in the marked spoiler section.

With seven green tiles and two lone squares in play, today’s grid is more settled than it looks, and the tile colors are explained on our Waffle page.

Hints for each word

Across

• Row 1: starts with S and ends with F. A small, light rowing or sailing boat.
• Row 3: starts with U and ends with N. Having to do with a city or town.
• Row 5: starts with D and ends with L. To live somewhere.

Down

• Column 1: starts with S and ends with D. A noise you hear, or healthy and solid.
• Column 3: starts with I and ends with E. To fill or soak with a feeling or quality.
• Column 5: starts with F and ends with L. Coming last in a series.

Green-tile map: how far along is each word?

Counting by position, the seven greens are in row 1 (columns 1 and 5), the center square, row 4 (column 3), and row 5 (columns 1, 4 and 5). Five of them sit where a row meets a column, so they help two words. The other two, in row 4 and in row 5 next to the corner, belong to one word each.

Word	Tiles already in place
Row 1	2 of 5
Row 3	1 of 5
Row 5	3 of 5
Column 1	2 of 5
Column 3	2 of 5
Column 5	2 of 5

The row 5 word is furthest along, and row 3 is the least finished with only its center tile home. Add the column and row counts and you get 12: five shared greens count twice and the two single-word greens once.

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More of today’s puzzles: Wordle hints. Yesterday’s grid: Waffle #1752.

Today’s Waffle answers (spoilers)

Stop here if you still want to solve it yourself.

Direction	Position	Answer
Across	Row 1	Skiff
Across	Row 3	Urban
Across	Row 5	Dwell
Down	Column 1	Sound
Down	Column 3	Imbue
Down	Column 5	Final

The solved grid, with a dot for each hole:

S K I F F
O . M . I
U R B A N
N . U . A
D W E L L

The starting grid

The starting grid, row by row, with dots for the holes:

S M E U F
A . F . R
K W B N I
O . U . N
D I A L L

The green tiles are S in row 1, column 1; F in row 1, column 5; B in the center; U in row 4, column 3; D in row 5, column 1; L in row 5, column 4; and L in row 5, column 5.

A 10-swap route to finish

The minimum is 10 swaps. Play them in order, because each one assumes the earlier ones are done. Swaps 5, 7, 9 and 10 put two tiles home at once; the other six fix one each.

Swap	Squares	Letters
1	Row 1, column 2 and row 3, column 1	M and K
2	Row 1, column 3 and row 3, column 5	E and I
3	Row 1, column 4 and row 2, column 3	U and F
4	Row 2, column 1 and row 4, column 1	A and O
5	Row 2, column 3 and row 3, column 1	U and M
6	Row 2, column 5 and row 5, column 2	R and I
7	Row 3, column 2 and row 5, column 2	W and R
8	Row 3, column 4 and row 5, column 3	N and A
9	Row 3, column 5 and row 5, column 3	E and N
10	Row 4, column 1 and row 4, column 5	A and N