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Daily Waffle #221 answers and hints

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The starting grid for #221

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

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Hints for each word in #221

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

    Hint 1: the clue

    verb: be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance

    Hint 2: first and last letter

    It starts with S and ends with K.

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    STINK

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

    Hint 1: the clue

    verb: give out

    Hint 2: first and last letter

    It starts with A and ends with T.

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    ALLOT

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

    Hint 1: the clue

    verb: annoy continually or chronically

    Hint 2: first and last letter

    It starts with H and ends with Y.

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    HARRY

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

    Hint 1: the clue

    verb: hit hard

    Hint 2: first and last letter

    It starts with S and ends with H.

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    SMASH

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

    Hint 1: the clue

    noun: person who does no work

    Hint 2: first and last letter

    It starts with I and ends with R.

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    IDLER

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

    Hint 1: the clue

    noun: the combined stakes of the betters

    Hint 2: first and last letter

    It starts with K and ends with Y.

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    KITTY

What is the answer to Waffle #221?

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.

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Across: STINK, ALLOT, HARRY

Down: SMASH, IDLER, KITTY

How do you solve #221 in 10 swaps?

Make the swaps that fix two tiles at once first. This grid has 7 of them. The list below is one shortest route from the start to the answer.

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  1. Swap row 1, column 2 with row 4, column 3. This puts T and E in place.
  2. Swap row 1, column 5 with row 2, column 5. This puts K and I in place.
  3. Swap row 2, column 1 with row 4, column 5. This puts M and T in place.
  4. Swap row 2, column 3 with row 5, column 2. This puts D and A in place.
  5. Swap row 1, column 1 with row 3, column 4. This puts S in place.
  6. Swap row 3, column 4 with row 5, column 1. This puts O and H in place.
  7. Swap row 1, column 3 with row 3, column 3. This puts L in place.
  8. Swap row 1, column 3 with row 4, column 1. This puts I and S in place.
  9. Swap row 3, column 1 with row 3, column 2. This puts L in place.
  10. Swap row 3, column 1 with row 3, column 5. This puts A and T in place.

What do the words in #221 mean?

STINK
verb: be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance
ALLOT
verb: give out
HARRY
verb: annoy continually or chronically
SMASH
verb: hit hard
IDLER
noun: person who does no work
KITTY
noun: the combined stakes of the betters

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