Weekly Recap

Jul 13 – Jul 19, 2026

339

Players

236

Solved

70%

Solve Rate

30.6

Avg Guesses

Numbers come from actual gameplay on this site.

Day by Day

Mon, Jul 1346 players

59% solved · ~35.6 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafood

Tue, Jul 1457 players

61% solved · ~35 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafood

Wed, Jul 1552 players

60% solved · ~31.8 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Thu, Jul 1646 players

70% solved · ~30.9 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfoodplace

Fri, Jul 1757 players

83% solved · ~22.9 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafood

Sat, Jul 1843 players

79% solved · ~26.8 guesses

Popular openers: bananaanimalfood

Sun, Jul 1938 players

79% solved · ~30.9 guesses

Popular openers: animalbananafood

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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: Jul 13 – Jul 19, 2026 – Hot & Cold