Today's Wordle answer for Saturday, July 20

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You'll find today's Wordle hint just below, ready to nudge you towards Saturday's winning word while still leaving all that fun thinking business up to you. And if that's not doing much for you, click your way through to the answer to the July 20 (1127) game instead—a win's a win, after all.

What are Saturday mornings for if not nice, quick, Wordles? My opening guesses didn't look like much—one yellow and one green letter at best—but they happened to be exactly the right things in exactly the right places today. More of the same tomorrow? Yes please.

Lots of long, narrow, and not necessarily solid things can be called today's answer. Think of sunlight piercing the gloom, deep vertical opening in a mine, or even the middle part of a feather. Four of today's five letters are consonants.

No, there is no double letter in today's puzzle. 

If there's one thing better than playing Wordle, it's playing Wordle well, which is why I'm going to share a few quick tips to help set you on the path to success: 

There's no time pressure beyond making sure it's done by midnight. So there's no reason not to treat the game like a casual newspaper crossword and come back to it later if you're coming up blank. 

One win, just for you. The answer to the July 20 (1127) Wordle is SHAFT.

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The more past Wordle answers you can cram into your memory banks, the better your chances of guessing today's Wordle answer without accidentally picking a solution that's already been used. Past Wordle answers can also give you some excellent ideas for fun starting words that keep your daily puzzle solving fresh.

Here are some recent Wordle solutions:

Every day Wordle presents you with six rows of five boxes, and it's up to you to work out which secret five-letter word is hiding inside them.

You'll want to start with a strong word like ALERT—something containing multiple vowels, common consonants, and no repeat