Weekly Recap

Apr 6 – Apr 12, 2026

771

Players

688

Solved

89%

Solve Rate

24.7

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, Apr 6118 players

88% solved · ~24.3 guesses

Popular openers: bananapigeonapple

Tue, Apr 7120 players

85% solved · ~25.7 guesses

Popular openers: bananakettlefoodanimalapple

Wed, Apr 8148 players

93% solved · ~21.2 guesses

Popular openers: bananascarecrowfoodmeadowanimal

Thu, Apr 9116 players

91% solved · ~20.5 guesses

Popular openers: bananaorigami

Fri, Apr 10123 players

94% solved · ~25.1 guesses

Popular openers: bananaquicksandapple

Sat, Apr 1170 players

87% solved · ~32.1 guesses

Popular openers: bananasphinx

Sun, Apr 1276 players

83% solved · ~23.9 guesses

Popular openers: bananatrampoline

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.