Weekly Recap

Apr 20 – Apr 26, 2026

643

Players

513

Solved

79%

Solve Rate

25

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, Apr 20105 players

77% solved · ~25.6 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalcarfruit

Tue, Apr 2196 players

88% solved · ~25.8 guesses

Popular openers: bananaapple

Wed, Apr 22110 players

89% solved · ~21.4 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimal

Thu, Apr 2398 players

85% solved · ~27 guesses

Popular openers: bananastallion

Fri, Apr 2494 players

72% solved · ~27.6 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalapplefruit

Sat, Apr 2559 players

66% solved · ~21.9 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimal

Sun, Apr 2681 players

74% solved · ~25.5 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: Apr 20 – Apr 26, 2026 – Hot & Cold