Weekly Recap

May 25 – May 31, 2026

326

Players

270

Solved

71%

Solve Rate

24.1

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, May 2568 players

87% solved · ~19.3 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Tue, May 2665 players

95% solved · ~18.8 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafood

Wed, May 2764 players

83% solved · ~26.3 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafoodplace

Thu, May 2846 players

96% solved · ~23.3 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Fri, May 2951 players

69% solved · ~30.7 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Sat, May 3025 players

68% solved · ~26.2 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Sun, May 317 players

0% solved

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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: May 25 – May 31, 2026 – Hot & Cold