Weekly Recap

Mar 16 – Mar 22, 2026

568

Players

456

Solved

80%

Solve Rate

21.1

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, Mar 16112 players

94% solved · ~17.6 guesses

Popular openers: bananaappledogfood

Tue, Mar 1787 players

77% solved · ~22.4 guesses

Popular openers: bananaapple

Wed, Mar 1819 players

95% solved · ~16.3 guesses

Thu, Mar 1973 players

40% solved · ~16.3 guesses

Popular openers: bananacarousel

Fri, Mar 2082 players

92% solved · ~26.7 guesses

Popular openers: banana

Sat, Mar 2199 players

91% solved · ~24 guesses

Popular openers: bananacarfood

Sun, Mar 2296 players

75% solved · ~24.4 guesses

Popular openers: bananaapple

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Alex Huang

Creator of Hot & Cold

Independent developer building word games at the intersection of NLP and play. I ship Hot & Cold's daily challenges, maintain the ranking pipeline, and occasionally lose to my own puzzles.

Weekly Recap: Mar 16 – Mar 22, 2026 – Hot & Cold