5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

HOMOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of homo

Noun

Nonstandard spelling of hommos.

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.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__O_ H in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

First-turn measures

All four describe HOMOS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.73 Entropy (bits)
403 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How HOMOS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#11,551 Rank among openers
Opening with HOMOS solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.80 average. It ranks #11,551 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
745
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
287
6 guesses
25
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
23%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

HOMOS can come back 69 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

873 answers
323 answers
155 answers
134 answers
126 answers
107 answers
78 answers
58 answers
46 answers
36 answers
35 answers
35 answers
32 answers
23 answers
21 answers
20 answers
20 answers
17 answers
17 answers
16 answers
16 answers
14 answers
12 answers
12 answers
10 answers
9 answers
9 answers
7 answers
7 answers
6 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

H4O1M3O1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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

Try next

RAILE TIARE TRONE TRICE CARLE SERAL

Strategy after playing HOMOS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to HOMOS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HOMOS:

37% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
14% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.8% →
RAILE 6.24 bits
13.6% →
TIARE 5.64 bits
6.5% →
TRONE 5.13 bits
5.6% →
TRICE 5.60 bits
5.3% →
CARLE 4.71 bits
4.5% →
RAILE 5.36 bits
3.3% →
SERAL 4.62 bits
2.4% →
TALER 4.63 bits
1.9% →
REACT 4.34 bits
1.5% →
PARTE 4.48 bits