Waffle Solver

The Waffle Solver helps you crack the daily Waffle puzzle by finding every valid word arrangement that fits your grid. Waffle is built around a 5×5 grid that forms six crossing five-letter words — three reading across and three reading down. At the start of each puzzle, all 25 letters are already placed but mostly in the wrong positions. Colored squares tell you how close each letter is to its correct location.

Aurora (blue) means the letter is already correct and does not need to move. Ember (orange) means the letter belongs somewhere in that word but not in that cell. Slate (gray) means the letter does not belong in any cell of that particular word.

To use this solver, click each cell and type the letter shown in your puzzle, then click the cell again to cycle its color through Slate, Ember, and Aurora to match your actual puzzle. Once all 25 cells are filled, press Find Solutions.

The solver outputs the six target words — three horizontal and three vertical — along with the sequence of swaps needed to rearrange the current grid into the solution. Each swap moves two misplaced letters into each other's correct positions. The official Waffle game allows a maximum of fifteen swaps; a perfect solve uses the minimum possible. If multiple valid arrangements exist, all are shown so you can pick the one that best matches your puzzle.

• Enter all 21 letters before pressing Find Solutions — the solver needs the full grid to calculate valid word combinations.
• Double-check your colors before solving. A single wrong color can eliminate the correct solution from the results.
• Aurora cells are locked — they cannot move, so use them as anchors when reading the other colors around them.
• Look at the swap count in each solution to gauge difficulty. A low number means the puzzle is straightforward; a higher count means more letters need rearranging.
• After you solve, review the words you did not know. Waffle is a great way to discover uncommon five-letter words.