5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

HOMIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊ.mi//ˈhoʊ.mi/

Noun

Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.

Noun

A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.

“Hey there, Francis, my homie!”

Alternative forms: homey, homee

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 HOMIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOMIE 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,554 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___E H in the 1st position and E in the 5th position H__I_ H in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER SLANT SLART ARSON SADLY DINER
Words starting with H Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOMIE 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,554 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOMIE ranks #4,554 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
915
4 guesses
1,143
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
13
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
38%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

311
297
173
166
165
104
83
79
74
73
51
51
50
49
40
36
32
30
29
26
25
20
20
19
18
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16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOMIE:

13% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.2% →
ALTER 5.45 bits
12.6% →
SLANT 5.95 bits
7.3% →
SLART 5.16 bits
7.0% →
SLANT 5.21 bits
7.0% →
ARSON 5.13 bits
4.4% →
SADLY 4.42 bits
3.5% →
DINER 4.82 bits
3.4% →
SLART 4.98 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.18 bits
3.1% →
SLART 5.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1M3I1E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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