Weekly Recap

Mar 23 – Mar 29, 2026

597

Players

526

Solved

87%

Solve Rate

22.8

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, Mar 23124 players

94% solved · ~24 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalhouse

Tue, Mar 24141 players

87% solved · ~18.1 guesses

Popular openers: bananaappleshadowfoodwater

Wed, Mar 25120 players

92% solved · ~21.3 guesses

Popular openers: bananadoganimalcathouse

Thu, Mar 2622 players

91% solved · ~24.8 guesses

Popular openers: banana

Fri, Mar 2780 players

88% solved · ~20.7 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimal

Sat, Mar 2854 players

65% solved · ~28.3 guesses

Popular openers: banana

Sun, Mar 2956 players

95% solved · ~22.7 guesses

Popular openers: banana

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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 23 – Mar 29, 2026 – Hot & Cold