Weekly Recap

Jun 29 – Jul 5, 2026

448

Players

323

Solved

71%

Solve Rate

22.4

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, Jun 2981 players

85% solved · ~19.7 guesses

Popular openers: animalfoodbanana

Tue, Jun 3074 players

65% solved · ~19.7 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfoodplace

Wed, Jul 169 players

77% solved · ~23.8 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Thu, Jul 261 players

87% solved · ~18 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfoodplace

Fri, Jul 363 players

75% solved · ~20.1 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfoodplace

Sat, Jul 449 players

45% solved · ~25.8 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafood

Sun, Jul 551 players

61% solved · ~29.9 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 29 – Jul 5, 2026 – Hot & Cold