Weekly Recap

Jun 8 – Jun 14, 2026

332

Players

161

Solved

50%

Solve Rate

31.6

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, Jun 853 players

47% solved · ~36 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Tue, Jun 956 players

41% solved · ~33 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Wed, Jun 1056 players

29% solved · ~33.6 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafood

Thu, Jun 1142 players

29% solved · ~33.5 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Fri, Jun 1244 players

66% solved · ~31 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafood

Sat, Jun 1343 players

70% solved · ~24.5 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfoodtechnology

Sun, Jun 1438 players

68% solved · ~29.7 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

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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 8 – Jun 14, 2026 – Hot & Cold