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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

ALIBI

Yes, ALIBI was the Wordle answer on June 21, 2026 (Wordle #1828).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈæl.ə.baɪ/

Noun

The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.

“to set up an alibi”

Noun

An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.

Verb

To provide an alibi for.

Verb

To provide an excuse for.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: June 21, 2026 (#1828).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How ALIBI performs as a guess

ALIBI is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.5% of games, misses completely in 25.5%, and leaves about 276 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,790 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

A___I A in the 1st position and I in the 5th position A__B_ A in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _L__I L in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE RONTE TRONE ROULE ROUET
Words starting with A Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.99 Entropy (bits)
276 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ALIBI performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,790 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ALIBI ranks #11,790 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
739
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
314
6 guesses
19
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
24%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
A L B U M
A L I B I

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches ALIBI in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

602
409
187
151
144
133
65
64
58
56
46
44
43
26
23
23
19
18
18
17
16
16
15
14
14
11
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ALIBI:

26% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
17% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

25.5% →
TORSE 6.23 bits
17.3% →
TARSE 5.60 bits
7.9% →
RONTE 5.28 bits
6.4% →
TRONE 5.18 bits
6.1% →
TARSE 4.77 bits
5.6% →
ROULE 4.92 bits
2.8% →
ROUET 5.03 bits
2.7% →
CRUSE 4.64 bits
2.5% →
TRODE 5.03 bits
2.4% →
TILDE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for ALIBI; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

A1L1I1B3I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.