Happy New Year’s Eve! 🎆 It is Wednesday, 31 December, and we have reached the grand finale of 2025. Waffle Game #1440 is the very last puzzle of the year, giving you one final chance to keep your streak alive before the fireworks begin. Today’s grid features a few “dirty” tricks and a word that might make you feel a bit “inane” if you miss it.
If you want to wrap up the year with a win and clear the board within 15 moves, here is our daily breakdown to help you cross the finish line into 2026.
📋 Table of Contents
📊 Waffle Game Today’s Letter Analysis
The final puzzle of the year is dominated by two letters: R and E. They are scattered everywhere, so securing the unique vowels early is the best strategy.
- R: There are 5 of them! (They appear in 5 out of 6 words).
- E: There are 5 (very high frequency).
- I: There are 4.
- D: There are 3.
- Unique Consonants: P, S, T, Y.
- Unique Vowels: O, A.
Top Tip: The letter O is the rarest letter on the board today, appearing only once. It belongs in the first vertical column.
🧩 Spoiler-Free Hints for Waffle Game #1440
Need a clue without the full reveal? Try these definition-based hints to jog your memory.
Horizontal Word Hints:
- Row 1: Opened using leverage (past tense of pry).
- Row 3: A single step in a flight of steps.
- Row 5: Full of tall, grass-like plants (often found in a pond).
Vertical Word Hints:
- Col 1: Someone who positions themselves for a photo (or a show-off).
- Col 3: Lacking sense, meaning, or intelligence; silly.
- Col 5: Not clean; covered in grime.
⚠️ Waffle Game 1440 Solution (Spoilers Below)
Running out of swaps? Here is the complete solution key for the final puzzle of 2025.
| Position | Word |
| Horizontal 1 | PRIED |
| Horizontal 2 | STAIR |
| Horizontal 3 | REEDY |
| Vertical 1 | POSER |
| Vertical 2 | INANE |
| Vertical 3 | DIRTY |
🧠 Waffle Game Word Origins & Definitions
Here is the context behind today’s vocabulary, featuring the Waffle team’s end-of-year humour.
- PRIED(Verb): Past tense of pry; to force open.
- Example: “When I pried open the coffin, it was there; that shiny tongue sticking out of his mouth razzing my entire career.”
- STAIR(Noun): A single step.
- Example: “You can never trust stairs; they’re always up to something.”
- REEDY(Adjective): Full of reeds.
- Example: “It was an excellent shortcut through the reedy pond, but my briefcase is ruined.”
- POSER(Noun): Someone who poses (or is pretentious).
- Example: “Our cat Percy is quite the poser; he looks at himself in any reflective surface and says ‘check me-owt’ 😻”
- INANE(Adjective): Lacking sense or meaning.
- Example: “There was too much inane chit chat, so I took my coffee under the table and waited until they had finished.”
- DIRTY(Adjective): Unclean.
- Example: “Derek got disastrously dirty deadheading his dahlias in the dark, whilst Delilah doodled dogs and dandelions on Darren’s duvet.”
🔙 Missed Yesterday’s Waffle Game?
Did you miss the “Igloo” and “Nylon” grid from Tuesday? If you need to fill in a gap before the year ends, you can view the full hints and answer for Waffle 1439 (30 December) here.
🧇 Play the Waffle Game
Ready to apply these hints? Head over to the official site to play today’s puzzle: Play Waffle Game
Happy New Year! See you in 2026 for Waffle #1441!