Weekly Recap

May 4 – May 10, 2026

1074

Players

950

Solved

88%

Solve Rate

20.3

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, May 4181 players

94% solved · ~19.5 guesses

Popular openers: bananaeclipseanimalapplecherry

Tue, May 5174 players

85% solved · ~18.1 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfoodplacecherry

Wed, May 6183 players

94% solved · ~16.8 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafoodplacesunflower

Thu, May 7164 players

84% solved · ~23 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananabalconyfoodplace

Fri, May 8129 players

93% solved · ~19.1 guesses

Popular openers: animalfoodbananapeacockemotion

Sat, May 9112 players

86% solved · ~22.5 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafoodcaramelplace

Sun, May 10131 players

82% solved · ~22.9 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafoodemotionobservatory

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.