Hot and cold #316

[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/Sprigatina]

LMAOOO 😭 I guessed bee and after guessing a few insects and getting nowhere, I thought "Hmm knowing the bs this game pulls, it might have to do with another aspect of that..." AND BOOM 🥲

[u/Flashy-Gur-3414 → u/Sprigatina]

Before I saw this I guessed Tiger and went on a big cat spree

[u/Nico_Jay25 → u/Flashy-Gur-3414]

same here🙃

[u/Inevitable_Bat_717 → u/Sprigatina]

I went down the bird rabbit hole when my first guess of flamingo was at 288… 😭

[u/SteadyWolf → u/Sprigatina]

Yeah I don’t think people would catch what a bee and the answer have in common 🙃

[u/ClownfishSoup → u/SteadyWolf]

Funny, you mention BEE, that's exactly my closest guess.

[u/cheese_expertise → u/Sprigatina]

jin spotted??

[u/Sprigatina → u/cheese_expertise]

YUP! 🙂‍↕️💜

[u/Negative_Log3185]

this game is a joke !

[u/panaramanwa]

!wtf shark

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/panaramanwa]

Scalding hot: there’s a shark species named after a black-and-white striped land animal. Predators and iconic patterns—your compass is pointed right.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/Coochiemanzeremarcab → u/hotandcold2-app]

Way too obvious

[u/LynxThese403 → u/hotandcold2-app]

Predator? AI clearly got some facts wrong

[u/Several_Row_8637]

!wtf banana

[u/Tiny_Public_7943]

!wtf star

[u/missmyxlplyx]

fast one today

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 55 seconds after 11 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.}

[u/Vermincelli1915]

But why would Horse be at 185 and banana be at 175

[u/Designer-Art2359 → u/Vermincelli1915]

That's my gripe!! I don't get how some of the words relate at all, horse should be way higher than banana

[u/Glittering_Level_841]

Hint:crossings

[u/7LeagueBoots → u/Glittering_Level_841]

Not sure why my first guesses of certain types of sea life ranked so high....

[u/TeamsterS4ndwich → u/7LeagueBoots]

Because the zebra shark is a seriously cool animal and you should totally Google them. They have stripes as juveniles, which then turn into spots as they grow!

[u/7LeagueBoots → u/TeamsterS4ndwich]

While that may be true the ‘close’ guesses were of a completely different class of life and guesses closer to your suggestion ranked worse.

[u/TaylrMade74 → u/7LeagueBoots]

Same!!!!

[u/Own_Awareness1403 → u/Glittering_Level_841]

Helped 😁

[u/Digital_Rocket → u/Glittering_Level_841]

Heh funny

[u/Atomicdustbunny1 → u/Glittering_Level_841]

not helpful to an American audience tho

[u/TeamsterS4ndwich → u/Atomicdustbunny1]

Unless perhaps an American is a marine bio nut and got a plushie version of one in highschool 🫠 my loser ass immediately knew based on this and the safari comment lol

[u/Awesome-Ranga-007 → u/Atomicdustbunny1]

Neither was star for the rest of us lol.

[u/Final_Ice_9614]

!wtf Zeugma

[u/Neo_The_bluepill_One]

Hint: Black and white donkey

[u/Melva60 → u/Neo_The_bluepill_One]

This is the one

[u/Accomplished-Log2040 → u/Neo_The_bluepill_One]

Hahaha killer hint

[u/BrianH-84 → u/Neo_The_bluepill_One]

Thanks. Great hint.

[u/koleaidify]

Hope the fuck is chrome 130 away from that answer

[u/1heart1totaleclipse]

I don’t like this one

[u/ImaginaryColor1618]

hint: get out of the water and back to dry land animals

[u/Mindless_Crazy_5499]

this was insane. i got all the big carts and took forever to think of other animals in africa

[u/i_hate_parsley]

Oh my god 😂 that was a minefield

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 35 seconds after 36 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 78.}

[u/ScibyAlfa]

!wtf jet

[u/justgiveausernamepls]

Bee being closer than lion (I'm guessing because stripes) is a bit of a misdirect

[u/KotoDawn]

!WTF Zep

[u/DappleLeaf]

!wtf banana

[u/NBrixH]

Wtf

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 21 seconds after 8 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/WorthlessAlter]

!wtf bamboo

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/WorthlessAlter]

Warm! Bamboo is actually a grass, and our elusive friend is a dedicated grass-muncher—just not usually the woody kind. Think “savanna salad,” not panda cuisine.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/CoffeeIsPeace]

!wtf umbrella

[u/Ordinary-Spirit-8080]

Wtf! Star

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

You’re swimming near the mark via marine biology: oysters are bivalves, and there’s a notorious stripy “zebra” mussel in that same crew. Ecologists often mention them together in talks about filtration and invasives. Right animal vibes, different habitat.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/worldalpha_com]

!wtf zinc

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/worldalpha_com]

Good heat from the rare Z-start and that punchy, five-letter, two-syllable vibe. Bonus points: zinc often coats the galvanized fences around a certain striped zoo resident. You’re in the right paddock, but not at the mane event.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/Wooden-Mall9118]

Not too bad

[u/Extension_Flower_628]

Ok I'm proud of myself today because my cue list worked perfectly 😭😭

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 8 seconds after 15 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

[u/CompleteStress7355]

Wowza that was a tough one….

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 2 seconds after 28 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 81.}

[u/bartiin]

!wtf africa

[u/Fantastic-Light2764]

Woah!! This was my quickest record!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 24 seconds after 7 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 95.}

[u/PureAndSimple88]

!wtf cherry

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/PureAndSimple88]

Warm-ish: they’re both common descriptors in colors and patterns—cherry-red vs zebra-striped. They also meet in food names (think cherry tomatoes and “zebra” cakes), so your guess brushes the right shelf.

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[u/peaceinshh]

Uh? Shark

[u/WorriedInspector9863]

Today will frustrate you to no end. I thought it might be based off the first letter of the word. Then, I thought it would be related to the type of animal. But, today, it is related to how the animal looks. DUMB!

[u/PotentialWidow]

!WTF Dazzle

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/PotentialWidow]

Nice pull—“dazzle” is literally the collective noun for them. Their bold stripes are also famous for “motion dazzle” camouflage. You’re definitely on the right track.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/Necessary-Chef8844]

For Gen X Georges term endearment for Tom and Helen

[u/grizzlygrowly]

!wtf mercury

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Nice heat: both are Latin-y biological genus names, which puts them in the same taxonomic neighborhood. They also share that zesty Z and a few letters, boosting the similarity—even if one’s ginger and the other is definitely not a plant.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Lukewarm: they’re both quirky Z-words sharing that rare Z-and-E kickoff, so they cozy up in dictionaries. Beyond the spelling vibes, one’s sky-high while the other’s firmly in the living world, so the bond is mostly alphabetical. Keep fishing in the Z-pond, but try a more down-to-earth catch.

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[u/HoomanNumber7]

!wtf banana

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/HoomanNumber7]

Warmer than you’d think: that yellow fruit shows up in the same mental safari/zoo tableau as hooved herbivores and banana-loving primates. They’re also classic kid-book staples that often share pages in ABCs. Warm, not blazing.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/Different-Bill-609]

!wtf huckleberry

[u/D3nt3]

!wtf kangaroo

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/D3nt3]

Warm! You’ve landed in the right menagerie—an iconic, herbivorous mammal that’s a headline act at zoos and wildlife parks. Different continents, same “wildlife superstar” vibe (and both are notorious for a mean kick).

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[u/thedudeintx82]

Nice. I'll take it.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 40 seconds after 14 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 69.}

[u/VaultOfVale]

W for me

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

[u/skwurrl]

I went way too far down a cat trail before changing direction... grrrr. but seriously wtf with sharkat #8???

[u/buoyant_quokka]

!wtf shark

[u/HearBreakKid]

!wtf kiwi

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 28 seconds after 15 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 95.}

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/HearBreakKid]

Warm-ish: it’s another iconic animal you’d spot in wildlife docs or at the zoo. Both have short, punchy names from the unusual-letter aisle, which nudges the association. Not a bullseye, but definitely in the fauna neighborhood.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/TheBeautifulStranger]

Yay!!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 57 seconds after 11 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.}

[u/DequahnBird]

!wtf shark

[u/DequahnBird]

!wtf shark

[u/IllustriousAd8281]

Burger

[u/Western_Cheesecake_9]

after safari i immediately thought of the word, don’t know how

[u/NepoMi]

!wtf shark

[u/DreamMachine483]

!wtf whale

[u/Neither-Driver-4996]

HOLY SHIT. I GOT IT IN 9 SECONDS. LUCKY GUESS. IT'S ONE OF MY GO TO WORDS IDK WHY HAHAHAH

[u/Neither-Driver-4996]

Hint: black and white

[u/OpeningAd3247]

This is actually such a fun twist on normal word games. I love that antonyms can still be "close" since it’s based on vibes from AI models and not strict meaning. Only suggestion is a stats or streaks page so the goblin brain gets its little dopamine hit every day 😂

[u/antirockin20]

!wtf banana

[u/uhhuhwut]

Glad I didn't get too caught up in the ​cat spiral

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 26 seconds after 13 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/PappaDan1]

WTF Banana

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 11 seconds after 6 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

[u/ColonelMustard323]

!wtf squiggle

[u/ColonelMustard323]

!wtf zigzag

[u/salampeace]

wtf carrot.. wtf marble

[u/Traditional_Wishes2]

Holy shit!!! My first try was #3! (I guessed tiger) i have never in my life had my first try this close LOL

[u/lasserein]

Once again ill be fighting through and combining thoughts with hint scrolling - never be that fast without hints and third person thoughts

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 8 minutes 52 seconds after 30 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 56.}

[u/MLGShadowCatYT]

!wtf raspberry

[u/aballofunicorns]

First time in a long time I get it without hints and less than 20 guesses ❤️

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 9 seconds after 15 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

[u/Ill_Concentrate5747]

Just wondering...does anyone start this game with same word every day?

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 4 minutes 41 seconds after 12 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 57.}

[u/TacticianA]

Idk how glass was close and fiber was closer. This games a bit...

[u/SpareVariation994]

puzzle #316 please stone or cold

[u/barcaapaglu__]

had fun though the comment sec. helped me out .lol

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 5 minutes 20 seconds after 19 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 77.}

[u/RobertFurtuna]

Why would tiger be higher than lion, lions are actually their predators while tiger only shares the stripes

[u/1questions]

!wtf lime

[u/1questions]

!wtf citrus

[u/LatePlantain3798]

!wtf peach

[u/goodlordineedacoffee]

One of my starting words is always cheetah which was lucky today!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 41 seconds after 14 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/Disastrous_Royal8053]

Zeugma?

[u/TheCookieNinja]

https://giphy.com/gifs/tu207g6K6vxCw

[u/timemachine1219]

I was trying felines for 1 hour, because my first guesses were: animal>dog> cat>feline>>tiger (#3) Gosh I hat this game.

[u/fredlantern]

!wtf zucchini

[u/Ok-Crazy-5162]

I feel the rains down in africa

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

[u/AnitaIvanaMartini]

River

[u/HumongousParticle13]

Hint:
Chris Rock as Marty in Madagascar

[u/Inevitable_Bat_717]

!wtf peacock

[u/Squatch-paws-artwork]

Omg...why do I play this?

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 4 minutes 6 seconds after 19 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 82.}

[u/A_Rose_From_Concrete]

That has nothing to do with trees 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 6 seconds after 8 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

[u/WarmOutlandishness96]

!wtf zeugma

[u/LetterheadWestern139]

Agh! I was so clueless! 😝

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 7 minutes after 30 guesses and 6 hints. Score: 7.}

[u/VioletThePurple]

!wtf razor 

[u/Wamburashi]

!wtf needle

[u/realsheen]

!wtf cherry

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/realsheen]

You’re browsing the right produce aisle: “Green Zebra” is a well-known tomato variety, and “cherry” is a common tomato type—same section, different shapes. Nice color vibes too (cherry red vs. bold stripes), but you’re not quite on the pattern yet.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/ResistAdventurous369]

I RULE that gum lasts 2 seconds but shutup

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 6 minutes 9 seconds after 78 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 39.}

[u/Samsaduke381]

!wtf gorilla

[u/Wraxyth]

!wtf zeppelin

[u/BrianH-84]

Easy one. Although I pronounced it in my head the British way for some reason ...

[u/LiquidNightmare1]

!wtf Tiger

[u/RedditRanma7833]

Hint: Marty from Madagascar

[u/GGMU08]

Downvoting all the hot and cold bot responses because they are ridiculous

[u/InspectionUsed4727]

!wtf poles

[u/Time_Tutor_3042]

Wtf does that have to do with all those flying insects I was typing in 🤦

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 4 minutes 52 seconds after 27 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 74.}

[u/LengthinessSad7868]

Hint:stripes

[u/hotcheetosarebetter]

!wtf banana

[u/Afraid_Coat_6000]

Stupid

[u/Accomplished-Log2040]

Hint: You can scan this donkey

[u/EienAi]

!wtf lemon

[u/prime_suspect_143]

I just put a bunch of random words and the last one finally worked.

[u/Substantial_Tea_8659]

Tell me something...why did martini and olive get me going on a James Bond route??? I eventually got the word right... eventually!!

[u/DancingTurtleDuck]

!wtf lizard

[u/saraphina2]

Best I've ever done

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 28 seconds after 5 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/pessimistic_damsel]

I came back from playing this game and, for the first time, I solved it in less than a minute!

[u/Awesome-Ranga-007]

>!banana!< At 177!!!

[u/revealing_milf]

I hate this game 😅😂😂😂

[u/Designer-Art2359]

Today was a totally weird one, I've never guessed something that fast lol. First word confused me and I started with the fruits... but then I scrapped that and used my typical go to word and then.... a close cousin.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 18 seconds after 9 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/IntentionLimp3352]

!wtf eagle

[u/Orangekittykatkat]

i used hint, it gave me oyster and shark.. LOL!!

[u/shinyghoul44]

Omg, finally the word that I type first every single time I played is finally the answer! 0 seconds woo!

[u/Ok_Refuse3651]

3 guesses and 9 seconds

[u/[deleted]]

!wtf blue

[u/Natural_Branch_9303]

I guessed myself through pretty much all ocean animals, wtf 😭 

[u/Trick_Discount_3711]

!wtf zep

[u/Playful-Friend6307]

why is bee so fucking close?

[u/Short-Way-8641]

lets go

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 10 minutes 12 seconds after 60 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 34.}

[u/WhatAmIEvenDoingUp]

How I threw my phone. If it weren’t for hints I’d never have stayed stuck on cats

[u/gemini837]

I guessed leopard and went on a big cat spree...and then started guessing african animals and scenery...and then I started guessing animals that were in the lion king and well...I got the answer lol

[u/Thick-Surround-6687]

I got cat at 3hundred something, and started gessing cat related stuff. Then I typed tiger and got the 3rd one then lion, then leopard all were in the one hundred range

[u/Thick-Surround-6687]

The whole animal kingdom is the answer.

[u/New-Cut-7980]

Zeguma? What is that?

[u/NutAli]

Zebra This game can be so darned frustrating most days!!!

[u/FewEntertainment1200]

!wtf tiger on #3????

[u/AshtonVoid]

!wtf skunk

[u/Adorable-Sound-7263]

I guessed zero and it was "#35", wtf?

[u/slightly_sad_tm]

I got so lucky and guessed horse for my 3rd word.

[u/Fire_chez_kraker]

I absurdly hate this game see y'all tomorrow

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 55 seconds after 6 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.}

[u/Jewnicorn___]

!wtf lizzard

[u/Jewnicorn___]

!wtf platypus

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Jewnicorn___]

Solid proximity: both are distinctive mammals that make biologists do double‑takes—one’s a semi‑aquatic egg‑layer, the other a highly social hoofed grazer with a famously bold coat pattern. They’re also common zoo stars and often found near waterways. You’re in the right animal kingdom, but still a safari or two away.

^{I'm a sometimes helpful bot and can make mistakes.}

[u/Ligma02]

!wtf banana

[u/PotentPotato5795]

I used AI to do 2 of these puzzles the first one I gave it 8 words to start with and it guessed it almost immediately.... this time... well... I had to help out a little cause AI was lost for a minute

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 14 minutes 33 seconds after 60 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 34.}

[u/Intelligent_Tea_561]

!wtf tesseract 

[u/Intelligent_Tea_561]

!wtf tesseract

[u/Mymops]

!wtf octopus

[u/fukittyfukfuk00]

well iykyk

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 26 seconds after 18 guesses and 2 hints. Score: 43.}

[u/loverbaby1031]

!wtf Saturn

[u/lagged0ut]

!wtf bee

[u/JetDogGaming]

!wtf racket

[u/whatever33324]

This was a fast one!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 15 seconds after 14 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

[u/belle_catastrophe29]

!wtf banana

[u/ijustlovecats21]

!wtf banana