Weekly Recap

Apr 13 – Apr 19, 2026

698

Players

568

Solved

82%

Solve Rate

25

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, Apr 1393 players

84% solved · ~22.6 guesses

Popular openers: bananahousewater

Tue, Apr 14112 players

71% solved · ~32 guesses

Popular openers: bananafood

Wed, Apr 15113 players

70% solved · ~28.2 guesses

Popular openers: bananafoodapple

Thu, Apr 16115 players

86% solved · ~20.2 guesses

Popular openers: bananafruitapplemiragewater

Fri, Apr 1790 players

81% solved · ~26.1 guesses

Popular openers: bananaapple

Sat, Apr 1883 players

89% solved · ~27.4 guesses

Popular openers: bananafood

Sun, Apr 1992 players

92% solved · ~18.2 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: Apr 13 – Apr 19, 2026 – Hot & Cold