Be sure to win today's Wordle, tomorrow's Wordle, and the one after that, and give your guesses a boost with a puzzle clue that will be posted on July 29 (770).

Today's game went from worst to almost winning in one guess. Two empty lines suddenly turned into four green letters, and after another try, I easily figured out the answer. I'm grateful for the win, but I'd like to go smoother tomorrow.

Pig's tail. The curling of long hair. Swirled French fries. Anything with a distinct spiral shape can be said using today's answer. All you need to do is find one vowel to win the day.

No letter is used twice in today's puzzle.

If there is anything better than playing Wordle, it is playing Wordle well:

There is no pressure to complete it by midnight. So you can treat this game as something as casual as a newspaper crossword and come back to it later if you come up blank.

You might want this: the answer to the July 29 (770) Wordle is "CURLY."

The more past Wordle answers you can cram into your memory bank, the more likely you will be able to guess today's Wordle answer without accidentally choosing an answer that has already been used. Also, looking at past Wordle solutions can give you great ideas for fun starting words to keep your daily puzzles fresh.

Here are some recent Wordle solutions:

Wordle shows five boxes in six columns each day, and it is up to you to guess which five-letter word is hidden in each box.

You want to start with a strong word like ALERT, which contains multiple vowels, common consonants, and non-repeating letters; press Enter and the box will show correct or incorrect. If the box goes to ⬛️, that means the letter is not in the secret word at all. means the letter is in the word but not in that position. means that the correct letter is in the correct position.

The second time complements the first by using another "good" word to cover the common letter missed the last time, while at the same time trying to avoid the letter that we now know for sure is not present in today's answer.

Then it is just a matter of using what you have learned to narrow down the correct word. In all, you can try six times, and you can only use actual words (so you can't fill 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 loved 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, and 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.