Weekly Recap

Jun 22 – Jun 28, 2026

340

Players

215

Solved

63%

Solve Rate

29.7

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, Jun 2246 players

54% solved · ~38.4 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafood

Tue, Jun 2346 players

59% solved · ~36.9 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafood

Wed, Jun 2453 players

59% solved · ~27.2 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafood

Thu, Jun 2555 players

64% solved · ~29.1 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Fri, Jun 2661 players

71% solved · ~30.8 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfoodthing

Sat, Jun 2742 players

74% solved · ~19.1 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Sun, Jun 2837 players

62% solved · ~26.3 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 22 – Jun 28, 2026 – Hot & Cold