Weekly Recap

Jun 1 – Jun 7, 2026

229

Players

141

Solved

60%

Solve Rate

26.3

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, Jun 114 players

57% solved · ~15.6 guesses

Popular openers: animal

Tue, Jun 223 players

70% solved · ~18.8 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimal

Wed, Jun 346 players

80% solved · ~19.8 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Thu, Jun 429 players

55% solved · ~24.8 guesses

Popular openers: banana

Fri, Jun 545 players

89% solved · ~24.6 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafoodemotion

Sat, Jun 625 players

44% solved · ~35.2 guesses

Popular openers: animalbanana

Sun, Jun 747 players

28% solved · ~45.2 guesses

Popular openers: bananafoodanimal

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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: Jun 1 – Jun 7, 2026 – Hot & Cold