Weekly Recap

Jun 1 – Jun 7, 2026

251

Players

150

Solved

59%

Solve Rate

24.8

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, Jun 115 players

53% solved · ~15.6 guesses

Popular openers: animal

Tue, Jun 225 players

64% solved · ~18.8 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimal

Wed, Jun 348 players

81% solved · ~18.8 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfoodmaze

Thu, Jun 432 players

56% solved · ~22.3 guesses

Popular openers: banana

Fri, Jun 548 players

88% solved · ~23.6 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafoodemotion

Sat, Jun 630 players

40% solved · ~32.9 guesses

Popular openers: animalbanana

Sun, Jun 753 players

28% solved · ~41.7 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