Weekly Recap

Jun 29 – Jul 5, 2026

393

Players

285

Solved

69%

Solve Rate

24.5

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, Jun 2980 players

86% solved · ~19.7 guesses

Popular openers: animalfoodbanana

Tue, Jun 3071 players

68% solved · ~19.7 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfoodplace

Wed, Jul 162 players

79% solved · ~24.8 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Thu, Jul 254 players

87% solved · ~19.4 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfoodplace

Fri, Jul 355 players

75% solved · ~21.9 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimal

Sat, Jul 439 players

33% solved · ~36.2 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafood

Sun, Jul 532 players

56% solved · ~29.9 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimal

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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 29 – Jul 5, 2026 – Hot & Cold