Today's Wordle hint and answer on Tuesday 2nd July for 1109

To start the month well and keep the rhythm of solving puzzles, don't forget to take some time off to figure out the Wordle answer for today, 2nd July 2024.

For the uninitiated, the aim of Wordle is to work out a daily five-letter word within six guesses. The fewer the guesses, the better - and if you fail to guess it at all, you'll break your streak.

The latter is why working out today's Wordle answer is such a priority, as players pride themselves on keeping their streak going. So why gamble on a risky final guess when you can learn a few clues and, failing that, get the definitive answer? This page can help with that.

Once you have today's word, learn more about Wordle and how the New York Times became interested in games in this interview with Jonathan Knight, Head of Games for the NYTimes. In keeping with the word theme, we've also discussed why The NYTimes Mini Crossword is a reliable joy.

Clues for today's Wordle answer

Instead of going straight to the answer, you might only need a few hints to get you over the line:

• This word has no repeating letters.
• Today's word has two vowels in it.
• This word starts with 'I'.
• It's the name given to the kind of decorative pattern we see on objects such as the doors and furnitures in Elden Ring.

Still not sure? Read on for the answer.

Wordle answer for word 1109 on 2nd July 2024

Even with the above clues, still not sure and want to keep that streak going?

The Wordle answer today is INLAY.

We're still on the second day of the month but July is holding no punches with the first puzzles it presented us. I picked 'AROSE' as my first guess hoping I would find more than one letter. I got an 'A' but nothing else. After, I tried 'PLANT' which indicated to me that 'L' and 'N' were also in the word. Great, I had three letters, so I just needed to find their correct disposition to narrow my options and find the final answer. With this in mind, I tried 'ARENA' (wanted to check if 'A' was the last letter), 'LEARN', and 'NASAL'. No hits here. I finished playing with 'LINAC' which didn't work as well.

Now you have the answer, do not spoil it for others! Remember, you can share your results spoiler-free in the form of a grid.

Of course, no one has to know you came to this page to work it out. Maybe put in two or three fake guesses first to throw them off the scent, perhaps?

Today's Wordle etymology

The origin of the term 'INLAY' is one of those curious events in the history of a language where two words are brought together and eventually mutate into a single term. The oldest register of the word 'INLAY' we have is from the late 16th century

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word came from the combination of the adverb 'IN' and the verb 'LAY'.

Wordle past answers for this week

And now for our 'Previously on Wordle' segment! (I know 'in' works better, but let me have this...) Last week has seen the following words make appearance in Wordle so far:

• MONDAY 1st July - ADAGE
• SUNDAY 30th June - BUDDY
• SATURDAY 29th June - ZEBRA
• FRIDAY 28th June - DROVE
• THURSDAY 27th June - ORDER
• WEDNESDAY 26th June - KNEAD

If you'd like to know all of the words which has graced Wordle in times gone by, check out our past Wordle answers archive.

What to play after Wordle

With your daily Wordle completed, the question is - what shall you play now?

You can, of course, try out the other word-based games offered by the New York Times, like Spelling Bee, the Mini Crossword and Letter Boxed. You can also take a crack at Connections, the daily Sudokus and Tiles - a rather additive motif matching game.

There’s also a range of games which have put a twist on the Wordle formula. Squaredle challenges you to find a series of words by connecting letters in a four by four grid. Meanwhile Dordle, Quorodly, Octordly and Sedecordle all keep to the standard Wordle, while increasing the number of words you have to find. The challenge comes in how your guesses count for all of the words, so you need to decide whether you’re going to focus on a specific word or try to solve multiple words at the same time. Thankfully, the number of guesses you’re given increases alongside the amount of words you’re expected to solve.

If you want a break from spelling though, try GeoGuessr. Here you’ll be given a picture of somewhere, anywhere, in the world and have to place a marker on where you think that location is. There’s even an Old School RuneScape version.

Hope you enjoyed playing Wordle today!