Newsweek is back once again to help you solve the daily Wordle puzzle.

New York-based engineer Josh Wardle perfected the linguistic brainteaser during the COVID-19 lockdowns. It was then released to the public in October 2021 and he eventually sold the game to The New York Times in early 2022.

Wardle explained why he chose to use five-letter words for Wordle, as opposed to other word lengths, in an interview with Newsweek in January 2022.

“There is a reason that every word is five letters long and that you are allowed six attempts to guess it,” he added. “That might seem arbitrary but, with the prototype version, I tested different word lengths and experimented with the number of tries that players were allowed.

“Through that process of refinement, I figured out that five letters and six tries was the ideal sweet spot. It’s just limited enough to feel challenging and to make you think, but most of the time, people still manage to solve it. So, you feel a real sense of real accomplishment.”

In May, The New York Times announced it was expanding on the original Wordle game to offer subscribers access to more than 1,000 past puzzles from the official Wordle archive on the web and in the NYT Games app.

“We are thrilled to unlock the official Wordle archive for our subscribers. This expansion is not just about playing past puzzles; it’s about deepening the connection our community has with Wordle and with each other,” Jonathan Knight, head of games at The New York Times, said at the time.

“We believe this will make the daily puzzle even more engaging and provide even more moments of surprise and delight for our subscribers to share with friends and family.”

To solve the daily game, players must deduce a secret five-letter word within six attempts. A color-coded tile system provides feedback to help players gauge their progress.

A green tile indicates the correct letter in the correct position, while a yellow tile signifies the letter is in the word but in the wrong place. A gray tile means the letter is not in the word at all.

The answer to today’s Wordle is revealed further down this article, so scroll with care if you want to work it out for yourself.

Wordle #1,137, Clues for Tuesday, July 30

Hint #1: The answer contains two vowels.

Hint #2: There are no repeated letters.

Hint #3: The word is an adjective.

Hint #4: The last letter is ‘L’.

Hint #5: The word is made up of two syllables.

Wordle #1,137, Answer for Tuesday, July 30

The answer to today’s Wordle is “feral” which means “relating to a wild beast,” or “not domesticated or cultivated,” or “having escaped from domestication and become wild,” according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

Wordle is released every day at midnight in your local time zone. Newsweek will be back with another round of hints and tips for each new game.

While you wait for the next game, why not give the geography guessing game Worldle or other word puzzles a try?