Weekly Recap

Jun 15 – Jun 21, 2026

276

Players

168

Solved

61%

Solve Rate

34

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, Jun 1559 players

70% solved · ~27 guesses

Popular openers: animalfoodbananacat

Tue, Jun 1645 players

64% solved · ~27.9 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Wed, Jun 1747 players

57% solved · ~36.1 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimaltechnologyfood

Thu, Jun 1847 players

49% solved · ~32.8 guesses

Popular openers: bananafoodanimal

Fri, Jun 1936 players

64% solved · ~34.1 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Sat, Jun 2021 players

91% solved · ~30.3 guesses

Popular openers: banana

Sun, Jun 2121 players

29% solved · ~49.5 guesses

Popular openers: animalbanana

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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 15 – Jun 21, 2026 – Hot & Cold