Solve today's Wordle in record time. Click or scroll straight to the July 20 (761) answer. If you prefer to tackle the daily game at a slower pace" no problem. See our hints, guides, and today's clue.

I decided to leave today's opener to my instincts, without as much deliberation as perhaps was necessary. However, that worst possible start was the jolt I needed to get my game in gear, and after an early wobble, I was able to finish today's Wordle answer with a 4.

Today's Wardle should be viewed from the side. This answer can refer to the side of a person or animal, or it can refer to any kind of maneuver in which a group or individual approaches another player from the side, such as in a sports game. Today there is one vowel.

There are no repeated letters in today's vocabulary.

If you are new to the daily wordle puzzle challenge, or if you have been absent for a while and need a refresher, let me give you a quick tip to help you win. Nothing makes the rest of your day more fulfilling than a small victory.

There is no timer, so there is plenty of time to find the winning word. If you get stuck, there's no shame in going back to the puzzle later that day and finishing it when your head is clearer.

It's time to celebrate our latest victory: the answer to the July 20 (761) Wordle is "FLANK."

Keeping track of Wordle's last handful of answers helps eliminate current possibilities. It is also useful for inspiring opening words and subsequent guesses if you are short on ideas for the day.

Here are the last 10 answers in Wordle:

Wordle displays five boxes in six columns each day, where the goal is to figure out the correct five-letter word by entering a guess and deleting or checking the individual letters.

Getting off to a good start with a strong word like ARISE (one that contains multiple vowels, common consonants, and non-repetitive letters) is a good tactic; pressing Enter will display the correct or incorrect answer in the box. If the box goes to ⬛️, it means the letter is not in the secret word. means the letter is in the word, but not in that position. means that the correct letter is in the correct position.

The second guess should complement the starting word, using another "good" word to cover the common letter missed last time, while avoiding the letter that we now know for sure is not present in today's answer. With any luck, a few colored squares will be created and you will be on the right track.

Then it is just a matter of using what you have learned to narrow down the correct words. You can try six times in all, and you can only use actual words (you cannot fill in the box with EEEEE to see if there is an E). Letters may be repeated (e.g. BOOKS).

If you need further advice, see Wordle's tips. Also, if you want to know which words are already in use, scroll to the relevant section above.

Wordle was originally conceived by software engineer Josh Wardle as a surprise for his partner, who liked word games. From there it spread to his family and was finally released to the public. Since then, the word puzzle game has spawned a slew of Wordle-like games, focusing the daily gimmicks on music, math, and geography; it wasn't long before Wordle became so popular that it was sold to the New York Times for a seven-figure sum. Indeed, it would only be a matter of time before we would be communicating solely through tricolored boxes.