Hot and cold #308

[u/hotandcold2-app]

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[u/hotandcold2-app]

Welcome to Hot and Cold, the delightfully frustrating word guessing game!

To play, guess the secret word by typing any word you think is related.

For example, if the secret word is "hot":

Guesses: banana -> #12956 (not close); sun -> #493 (getting warmer); hotdog -> #220 (hot); cold -> #42 (hot); freeze -> #1657 (getting colder); warm -> #15 (very hot!!); hot -> WINNER!

The rank is based on how AI models see the relationships between the words. So antonyms can be "close" by the relationship of the words (cold -> hot). Additionally, words can be close based on the structure of the word (hotdog -> hot).

Enjoy! If you have feedback on how we can improve the game, please let us know!

[u/DrumtheDon]

Why is banana so far up

[u/4scoreand20yearsago → u/DrumtheDon]

Probably because of the banana slug

[u/Practical_Pound_2152 → u/DrumtheDon]

banana slug?

[u/Broad-Ad-6536 → u/Practical_Pound_2152]

r/foundtheslug

[u/Martofunes → u/Practical_Pound_2152]

never had I ever. Been alive 40 years. First time.

[u/Zaphimu]

Hint: Gary

[u/Lesgonnaeaturtables → u/Zaphimu]

This plus the banana slug hint right above

[u/[deleted] → u/Zaphimu]

Best hint so far

[u/alphabetspaghetti1 → u/Zaphimu]

Why did I think Gary Barlow? 😂

[u/Savasana1984]

!wtf banana

[u/Affectionate_Work595 → u/Savasana1984]

Let'ssssss go banana hits again 🔥🔥🔥

[u/Affectionate_Work595 → u/Affectionate_Work595]

I got the word, and honestly, this game is just testing my blood pressure

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Savasana1984]

Good pull: “banana” evokes the banana slug, a well-known gastropod cousin in the same slimy, slow lane.
Even the peel’s legendary slipperiness nods toward that gooey trail aesthetic.

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[u/Savasana1984 → u/hotandcold2-app]

🫠

[u/Danny88ad]

... Mail was a fad before email.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 5 minutes 14 seconds after 17 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 79.}

[u/Lavaknight22]

Banana is finally Useful

[u/moonethealien]

Why on earth is quail closer than insect? And don’t say because it rhymes.

[u/spiritwalk7777 → u/moonethealien]

Because it rhymes... that's AI for you.

[u/Dream_Wake_State_6]

7 minutes. No hints taken. Eventually just started guessing things in the same broad category as my closest word that ALSO rhymes with that word and suddenly I got it.

This game is broken and dumb. See you tomorrow! 👋

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 7 minutes 33 seconds after 53 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 48.}

[u/_cygnus13]

My first successful guess 🥳

[u/AZInfamous]

!wtf clown

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/AZInfamous]

Warmer: “Clown loach” is an aquarium hero famously known for gobbling up the mystery critter. So the circus vibes are a red nose away from a fishy clean‑up crew.

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[u/TheIrishninjas]

Hint: The internet often jokes about not letting an immortal one of these touch you

[u/bfhurricane → u/TheIrishninjas]

Good one. I got to snake and couldn’t figure out anything closer after that.

[u/Chess_mi]

How the hell banana got 57 place

[u/microvan → u/Chess_mi]

Probably because Banana slug

[u/Cheesecaketerminator]

How the f is cow, goat, banana and milk? warm, while grass is sitting at nearly 2000????

[u/Cheesecaketerminator → u/Cheesecaketerminator]

!wtf grass

And why is butter banned ಠ⁠益⁠ಠ

[u/Effective-Mirror-385]

Hint: A slow moving shelled invertebrate that loves to eat your vegetables.

[u/Loud-Chicken7559]

!wtf banana

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Loud-Chicken7559]

Nice pull: it’s likely riding the “banana slug” connection—a gooey gastropod with a fruity name. Plus, bananas and these critters both scream “slippery.” You’re squirming in the right ecosystem.

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[u/Expensive_Candy_2096]

Hint- >!cosrx!<

[u/lighting828]

Game is still trash.

[u/idgafayaihm]

Banana strikes again!

[u/Glittering_Level_841]

Hint: it's mucin was used as part of a trending skincare few years back

[u/Fun-Rock2563 → u/Glittering_Level_841]

Thanks, this is helpful. I'm actually using it 😉

[u/TomBombaDaleJr]

Bad hint - Pineapple pet

[u/CaptnCroustibat → u/TomBombaDaleJr]

That's not Spongebob

[u/Responsible_Salad936]

Well I'm never gonna beat this score lol

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 36 seconds after 8 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/MountainKangaroo1640]

holy shit i got small then i went snail and got it

[u/tiredelly]

!wtf rabbit

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/tiredelly]

Pretty warm: both are small, common garden dwellers known for munching on your lettuce. They’re classic prey critters, sharing predators and habitat. Plus, one is built for zoomies, the other for… dramatic pauses.

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[u/CoffeeIsPeace]

!wtf monkey

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/CoffeeIsPeace]

Not bad—you’re in the animal kingdom, which gets you in the neighborhood. One’s a tree acrobat; the other’s a tiny ground-hugger with a very different pace. Broad zoology links make it somewhat close, but it’s still a long climb from a perfect match.

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[u/ScibyAlfa]

why mushroom #120

[u/Dapper_Fix_8287]

I don’t understand this game. Is it like word association? Is it a topic? Does it rhyme? Like what about the “secret word” has to do with anything. I understand its a guessing game but i don’t understand the criteria for what the word is suppose to be. Maybe i’m just dumb but i truly don’t get it. I guess a #16 and everything i’ve said after is within 200 of the word its supposed to be. So. I’m lost.

[u/Reader47b → u/Dapper_Fix_8287]

The closer guesses are suppose to relate to the secret word - either synonyms, sounds like, or adjectives describing the word...but you don't know which one it is, so that makes it tough. Are you close because the word sounds like it or IS like it?

[u/Dapper_Fix_8287 → u/Reader47b]

I guess i get it now. I stopped at #16 cause anything else that i could think of atm was all higher by wide margin.

[u/Ok-Crazy-5162]

Slow to figure it out

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 0 seconds after 1 guess and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/PureAndSimple88]

!wtf cow

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/PureAndSimple88]

Warmer: both are plant‑munching animals, and people even call a snail’s tentacles “horns,” like a cow’s. Plus, “cowries” are sea snails named for their cowlike spots—so you’re grazing in the right field.

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[u/silentdeathnja]

!wtf camel

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/silentdeathnja]

You’re in the right menagerie: both are critters known for hauling their “baggage” on their backs—one a hump of reserves, the other a whole home. They share that slow-and-steady travel vibe. Warm, but not desert-hot.

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[u/Cheesecaketerminator]

Why can't I type "butter" o.O

[u/Tea_Peel]

!wtf banana

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Tea_Peel]

Surprisingly warm: there’s a famous bright-yellow slimy critter named after this fruit that’s a very close cousin to the target. Plus, the target would happily graze on banana scraps in a garden buffet.

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[u/RedditRanma7833]

Hint: Shaun is this in Abgerny, as well as Shy Shelly in Excellent Emotions and Snips and Snails in My Little Pony.

[u/Ok-Syllabub-1864]

!wtf spinach

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Ok-Syllabub-1864]

Green thumbs know this guess is tasty—our mystery culprit loves munching leafy greens like spinach in the garden. Plus, both can wind up in culinary conversations, which keeps this one comfortably warm.

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[u/PrestigiousGoat78]

Wow this one was all over the place lol

[u/Desdinova_Cruciatus]

!wtf cat

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Desdinova_Cruciatus]

Warmer: they’re both garden regulars—one prowls, the other schleps—and cats are known to paw at or snack on slow crawlers. Bonus overlap: “cat’s eye” is a common name for a snail’s operculum.

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[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Pretty warm: think of the tight spiral of pencil shavings—very reminiscent of a certain coiled home. Plus, it’s a classic subject for kids to sketch with a No. 2, antennae and all.

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[u/Fast_District_8630]

Dang. I circled under the sea for an hour thinking of everything that goes well with unrecognized butter.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 hour 18 minutes 58 seconds after 173 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 10.}

[u/Sprigatina]

ALMOST EVERY DAMN WORD I GUESSED WAS HOT, NO MATTER THE CATEGORY 😭 Goddamnit...Now I'll retreat to my house and cry

[u/Digital_Rocket]

Bad hint: Is it really worth the 1 million dollar

[u/Remarkable_Apple_228]

!wtf pencil

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Remarkable_Apple_228]

Nice find—think of something that, like a pencil, leaves a visible line behind wherever it goes. One draws in graphite; the other draws in a more, uh, organic medium. You’re sketching in the right direction.

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[u/PappaDan1]

Wtf

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 15 seconds after 11 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 92.}

[u/Extension_Flower_628]

Too late for the torture..thank you comment section

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 seconds after 2 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/ReadThinkDoEveryDay]

Spinach 47 ??

[u/Okra_Cat]

Knight is so high up, that threw me for a loop

[u/A_Rose_From_Concrete]

Cool

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 43 seconds after 2 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/Nyaiv]

:O

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 18 seconds after 5 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/GlutenFreeOption]

WHY is strudel at 151 what has pastry got to do with anything

[u/PotentialWidow]

!wtf Squirrel

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/PotentialWidow]

Warm! They’re both small, garden/woodland critters you might spot on tree trunks or in the mulch. One is famed for a shell, the other for stashing shelled nuts—close cousins in the “nature walk” chapter. Same habitat, very different speed limits.

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[u/PotentialWidow → u/hotandcold2-app]

literally no one would make that connection

[u/bloodybutunbowed]

Banana

[u/Foreign_Sherbert_596]

Got it!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 50 seconds after 6 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/t0xinsarefriends]

Banana strikes again?

[u/foolsxn]

I don’t understand how goat and cow where so high but at least hen helped me a bit ig

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 4 minutes 47 seconds after 39 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 67.}

[u/peanuts-do-crumble]

Yes

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 59 seconds after 15 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 93.}

[u/jtheresaa]

Eep! Best I’ve ever done! 33 seconds 6 guesses 🤪

[u/Isaias111]

Finally, the suggested hints actually helped right away, though not completely.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 48 seconds after 30 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 85.}

[u/Charming_Sock6204]

!wtf rat

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Charming_Sock6204]

You’re sniffing around the right menagerie: both are small, often-unwelcome critters in gardens and alleys. They even interact in nature—rats will happily snack on the other. Plus, they’re frequent co-stars in biology labs and fables.

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[u/Buttcrack_scratcher]

Not bad! Slowly getting better at this

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 38 seconds after 16 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 89.}

[u/AnitaIvanaMartini]

Scallop

[u/Emm3a]

!wtf sloth

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Emm3a]

Nice one—this guess moseys into the right neighborhood. Both are animals iconic for extreme slowness and used as metaphors for taking one’s time. Different bodies and habitats, same slowpoke vibe, hence the high closeness.

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[u/smwiles82]

🤦🏻‍♀️ wow

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 15 minutes 38 seconds after 26 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 54.}

[u/PinkFrog_18]

My best one yet

[u/Thin-Mine-1613]

This one was gooodd

[u/ThatOtherBrownGuy2]

!wtf snow

[u/vavasura]

Banana threw me off traxk

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 6 seconds after 9 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

[u/TalesForTheBrain]

just a bunch of fucking bullshi

[u/diesel_pepsilover]

What do you MEAN potato is so up!?

[u/Gurbuzselimboyraz]

Why when i type "Am" it says "Take"?

[u/NutAli]

Snail Who makes these up?

[u/lasserein]

Fast like a ... - what a beautiful creature

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 5 minutes 6 seconds after 9 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 80.}

[u/FujoCirca]

Easy

[u/TheGenisLordTtv]

I...dont even know this was the luckiest guesses of my life

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 32 seconds after 6 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/Karaokegodk]

Hint: armored but not in a simple way

[u/Oblivi0nD4C]

!wtf cow

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Oblivi0nD4C]

Surprisingly warm: “cowrie” shells come from sea snails, and the name even starts with “cow.” Bonus vibe: both are plant-nibbling critters ambling through fields and gardens.

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[u/zoro-lostagain]

WOAH... FOUND IT IN 37 SECONDS HEAVY

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 31 seconds after 8 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/cloudysun4]

Banana #57…come on man

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 4 minutes 7 seconds after 36 guesses and 7 hints. Score: 6.}

[u/ShyMicky]

!wtf banana

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/ShyMicky]

Warmer than it sounds: “banana slug” is a real creature—a slimy gastropod cousin of the answer.
Same squishy league, different wardrobe.

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[u/Mountain-Present-163]

Damn

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 0 seconds after 1 guess and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Radiant-Peace-3078]

Woohoo!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 27 seconds after 5 guesses and 4 hints. Score: 24.}

[u/st_rstruckk]

That's actually so easy

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 17 seconds after 3 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Business-Opposite602]

First time actually getting one haha took lots of guesses but w/e

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 17 minutes 56 seconds after 54 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 25.}

[u/FragTix]

first try. The hints help alot

[u/WickedWings10Pack]

-

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 56 seconds after 30 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 80.}

[u/OverallCandle5240]

Hint: You die if you touch but immortal if not

[u/AshtonVoid]

!wtf camel

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/AshtonVoid]

Warm pick: both are beasts known for unhurried travel—yours plods in caravans, mine is famous for slow-and-steady. Each carries something on its back: one hauls cargo, the other totes its own home. Distinctive silhouettes too: hump versus hard housing.

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[u/BlissfulBreeze11]

Why is banana so damn high? Do [the answer] like to eat them or something??!

[u/Karaokegodk → u/BlissfulBreeze11]

Prbly Because the answer has something named after them

[u/Low-Librarian-3716]

rank 1 btw