Skip to content
Waffle Daily

Daily Waffle #216 answers and hints

Need a nudge on grid #216? Start with one clue. Nothing else shows until you tap it.

The starting grid for #216

6 words hide in this 5×5 grid. You get 15 swaps, and the best solve takes 10.

Want one more try first? Play #216.

Hints for each word in #216

Tap one hint at a time. The clue comes first. Then you get the first and last letters. The word shows only when you tap the last button.

  1. Word 1: the top row (row 1)

    Hint 1: the clue

    noun: events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

    Hint 2: first and last letter

    It starts with C and ends with E.

    Show the word

    CAUSE

  2. Word 2: the middle row (row 3)

    Hint 1: the clue

    noun: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)

    Hint 2: first and last letter

    It starts with R and ends with O.

    Show the word

    RATIO

  3. Word 3: the bottom row (row 5)

    Hint 1: the clue

    noun: carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

    Hint 2: first and last letter

    It starts with L and ends with H.

    Show the word

    LEECH

  4. Word 4: the left column (column 1)

    Hint 1: the clue

    noun: a variable color averaging a deep pink

    Hint 2: first and last letter

    It starts with C and ends with L.

    Show the word

    CORAL

  5. Word 5: the middle column (column 3)

    Hint 1: the clue

    verb: undo the ties of

    Hint 2: first and last letter

    It starts with U and ends with E.

    Show the word

    UNTIE

  6. Word 6: the right column (column 5)

    Hint 1: the clue

    noun: a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

    Hint 2: first and last letter

    It starts with E and ends with H.

    Show the word

    EPOCH

What is the answer to Waffle #216?

The answer is 6 words that fit together in one grid. Tap below to see all of them. This puzzle has only one answer, so if your words differ, a letter is still in the wrong place.

Show the full answer grid

Across: CAUSE, RATIO, LEECH

Down: CORAL, UNTIE, EPOCH

How do you solve #216 in 10 swaps?

Make the swaps that fix two tiles at once first. This grid has 6 of them. The list below is one shortest route from the start to the answer.

Show every swap
  1. Swap row 3, column 1 with row 5, column 1. This puts R and L in place.
  2. Swap row 5, column 4 with row 5, column 5. This puts C and H in place.
  3. Swap row 1, column 3 with row 1, column 5. This puts E in place.
  4. Swap row 1, column 3 with row 4, column 1. This puts U and A in place.
  5. Swap row 2, column 3 with row 3, column 4. This puts I in place.
  6. Swap row 2, column 3 with row 3, column 5. This puts N and O in place.
  7. Swap row 3, column 2 with row 4, column 5. This puts C in place.
  8. Swap row 3, column 2 with row 5, column 2. This puts A and E in place.
  9. Swap row 3, column 3 with row 4, column 3. This puts I in place.
  10. Swap row 3, column 3 with row 5, column 3. This puts T and E in place.

What do the words in #216 mean?

CAUSE
noun: events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
RATIO
noun: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
LEECH
noun: carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
CORAL
noun: a variable color averaging a deep pink
UNTIE
verb: undo the ties of
EPOCH
noun: a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

Word meanings come from WordNet 3.1, a free English dictionary from Princeton University.