Weekly Recap

Apr 27 – May 3, 2026

824

Players

715

Solved

86%

Solve Rate

21.3

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, Apr 2774 players

82% solved · ~22.1 guesses

Popular openers: bananaapple

Tue, Apr 2884 players

85% solved · ~24.9 guesses

Popular openers: bananatreeanimaldriftwood

Wed, Apr 29104 players

91% solved · ~19.3 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimaltrophy

Thu, Apr 30123 players

81% solved · ~18.9 guesses

Popular openers: bananacherrysnowanimalapple

Fri, May 1150 players

89% solved · ~20 guesses

Popular openers: bananaotteranimalfoodcherry

Sat, May 2125 players

83% solved · ~27.1 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalcherrybeehive

Sun, May 3164 players

92% solved · ~17.1 guesses

Popular openers: bananamicroscopeanimalcherryfood

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.