Weekly Recap

Mar 30 – Apr 5, 2026

717

Players

603

Solved

83%

Solve Rate

23.7

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, Mar 3075 players

57% solved · ~28.5 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimal

Tue, Mar 3174 players

81% solved · ~27.9 guesses

Popular openers: banana

Wed, Apr 1110 players

87% solved · ~22.4 guesses

Popular openers: bananadragonflyanimalwater

Thu, Apr 2119 players

82% solved · ~25.5 guesses

Popular openers: bananaribbonapplepebbleanimal

Fri, Apr 3119 players

87% solved · ~22 guesses

Popular openers: bananaapplereeffruit

Sat, Apr 4106 players

92% solved · ~22.6 guesses

Popular openers: bananaradishapple

Sun, Apr 5114 players

92% solved · ~16.7 guesses

Popular openers: bananatempleapplefeather

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.