5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOMEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmi/

Noun

Alternative form of homie.

Adjective

Befitting a home; cozy, intimate.

“Susan added some homey touches to her office.”

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 HOMEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOMEY 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,145 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___Y H in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position H__E_ H in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position HO_EY H in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLART SNAIL STAIR ARSON SAINT CHART
Words starting with H Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOMEY 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,145 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOMEY ranks #8,145 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
20
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
39%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

399
364
197
194
163
111
78
75
70
57
50
49
45
33
29
28
25
23
21
17
16
16
15
14
13
13
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOMEY:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLART
15% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
SLART 5.71 bits
15.4% →
SNAIL 6.15 bits
8.4% →
STAIR 4.60 bits
8.2% →
ARSON 5.12 bits
6.9% →
SAINT 4.90 bits
4.7% →
CHART 5.17 bits
3.3% →
STAIR 4.55 bits
3.2% →
SNARE 4.17 bits
3.0% →
TEASE 4.75 bits
2.4% →
CLAIM 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1M3E1Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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