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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

CHILI

Yes, CHILI was the Wordle answer on June 1, 2026 (Wordle #1808).

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪli//ˈt͡ʃɪliː/

Noun

The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.

Noun

Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.

Alternative forms: chile, chilli, chilly

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 1, 2026 (#1808).

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

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How CHILI performs as a guess

CHILI 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 66.6% of games, misses completely in 33.4%, and leaves about 341 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,612 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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.

C___I C in the 1st position and I in the 5th position C__L_ C in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__I H in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE RONTE TRONE TARSE STARE SALUE
Words starting with C Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.89 Entropy (bits)
341 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CHILI 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,612 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CHILI ranks #10,612 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
796
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
287
6 guesses
23
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
2 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
28%
All gray
33%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
D O U G H
C H I L I

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches CHILI in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

788
277
190
137
103
94
90
81
63
63
41
32
32
31
27
24
24
22
22
18
18
16
12
11
10
9
9
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CHILI:

33% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
12% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.4% →
ROATE 6.15 bits
11.7% →
ROATE 5.36 bits
8.1% →
RONTE 5.29 bits
5.8% →
TRONE 5.14 bits
4.4% →
TARSE 5.38 bits
4.0% →
STARE 5.47 bits
3.8% →
SALUE 4.61 bits
3.4% →
ORATE 5.15 bits
2.7% →
TIARE 4.35 bits
2.7% →
TORSE 5.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

C3H4I1L1I1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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