5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

HOMME

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 HOMME performs as a guess

Wordle accepts HOMME 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,430 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__M_ H in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT ALTER SLART ARSON SADLY CHART
Words starting with H Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HOMME 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,430 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HOMME ranks #12,430 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
705
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
325
6 guesses
21
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
34%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

542
410
254
212
127
125
60
56
45
40
37
36
31
29
28
27
26
21
21
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOMME:

23% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
17% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
11% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
SAINT 6.13 bits
17.4% →
ALTER 5.31 bits
10.8% →
SLART 5.13 bits
9.0% →
ARSON 5.21 bits
5.4% →
SADLY 4.43 bits
5.3% →
CHART 5.11 bits
2.5% →
CARET 4.66 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 3.86 bits
1.9% →
SAURY 4.34 bits
1.7% →
COWER 2.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1M3M3E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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