5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOMES

HOMES is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /həʊmz//hoʊmz/

Noun

plural of home

Noun

Alternative spelling of holmes.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of home

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

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

How HOMES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOMES as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,542 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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.

H___S H in the 1st position and S in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position HO_ES H in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL LEARE ARIEL SAINT TALON SLANT
Words starting with H Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOMES 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,542 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOMES ranks #6,542 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
218
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
28%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

365
330
170
164
158
117
98
77
61
50
49
48
47
46
40
34
24
24
24
20
20
19
19
19
18
17
17
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOMES:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
14% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
TRAIL 6.03 bits
14.0% →
LEARE 5.47 bits
7.2% →
ARIEL 4.27 bits
7.0% →
SAINT 5.40 bits
6.7% →
TALON 5.09 bits
5.0% →
SLANT 4.84 bits
4.2% →
LAIRY 4.37 bits
3.3% →
CHART 4.74 bits
2.6% →
DRONE 4.22 bits
2.1% →
LAIRY 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1M3E1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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