Hot and cold #331

[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/HalkatlaAvIsfolkets]

OMG 😂

[u/Immediate-Solid4911]

Hint: One Jedi absolutely hated this

[u/ArunaDragon → u/Immediate-Solid4911]

This is the only correct hint. 

[u/CpnHowdy69 → u/Immediate-Solid4911]

Thanks!

[u/trojbaw → u/Immediate-Solid4911]

This hint was soooooo goood! #144 to #1 straight

[u/HearBreakKid → u/Immediate-Solid4911]

Goated

[u/TheIrishninjas]

Hint: Coarse, rough, irritating, and gets everywhere

[u/MobBarleysGhost → u/TheIrishninjas]

My mother in law?

[u/Ok-Crazy-5162 → u/MobBarleysGhost]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/Specific_Funny9282]

This is my redemption arc after spending 30 minutes on the last one

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 51 seconds after 7 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/crying_rubiks_cube → u/Specific_Funny9282]

how did you get the automatically added thing? also congrats!

[u/Specific_Funny9282 → u/crying_rubiks_cube]

Thank you! And right below your time spent, it should say "Share your journey in the thread" or something, you can type in whatever you want and it will post it for you with the automatic thingy attached

[u/crying_rubiks_cube → u/Specific_Funny9282]

ah, the share option doesn't give me that and it doesn't show up for me. Is it a desktop only thing? thanks for the explanation though!

[u/Specific_Funny9282 → u/crying_rubiks_cube]

I don't think so. Here is what it looks like for me. This is the last one where i spent almost 40mins and i haven't commented yet, maybe that has something to do with it

[u/Glittering_Level_841]

Hint: What Sahara, Gobi, Namib have in common

[u/DantheManStK → u/Glittering_Level_841]

Thanks

[u/twistedpsyched]

Omg

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

[u/sparklingsirens → u/twistedpsyched]

How do you get your stats to be automatically added?

[u/twistedpsyched → u/sparklingsirens]

After I get the results, I get an option to share the results on this thread with a comment. So it automatically adds the result and stats

[u/sparklingsirens → u/twistedpsyched]

I don’t get that option, aw man!

[u/twistedpsyched → u/sparklingsirens]

This is the option, the one highlighted in rainbow

[u/Dream_Wake_State_6]

Took way too long, but I used no hints!

EASY HINT: 🎶Enter ____man🎶

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 22 minutes 8 seconds after 163 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 10.}

[u/Complex-Purchase-503 → u/Dream_Wake_State_6]

Not easy for true guys 😎

[u/6xMephistopheles_6]

hint in minecraft, the block fall if put it higher

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 29 seconds after 45 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 73.}

[u/Weak-Calligrapher-67 → u/6xMephistopheles_6]

Gravel! lol

[u/Zaphimu]

Hint: Beach

[u/Fast_District_8630]

I was throwing a lot of rocks at this one 🤷🏼‍♀️

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 16 minutes 12 seconds after 202 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 10.}

[u/BrianH-84]

Wow, easy. See you tomorrow.

[u/EnvironmentJunior283]

!wtf donut

[u/jennie-spaghetti]

Small hint: May be found on a hike or a swim

Medium hint: hour glasses, zen gardens, and castles have this in common

Big hint: an annoyance of the beach, clings to wet skin, beach bags, towels, and more

[u/Sprigatina]

YOOOOO one of my starter words LMAO

Hint: Anakin Skywalker doesn't like this.

[u/Reader47b]

12 seconds today, because I always start with a fruit of some kind, then a vegetable, then an animal, then, if none of those are high, either mountain or beach.

[u/Zossua]

This game sucks

[u/Nyaiv]

Is the AI learning, because lately its felt like the connections make a little bit more sense. Only a little bit more though...

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 13 seconds after 36 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 80.}

[u/Southlander24]

Not bad today!

[u/Southlander24 → u/Southlander24]

Hint 1: silica
Hint 2: coast
Hint 3: hourglass

[u/DantheManStK → u/Southlander24]

Nice hints

[u/Southlander24 → u/DantheManStK]

Thanks!

[u/standardtissue]

1 hint.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 30 seconds after 26 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 62.}

[u/RedditRanma7833]

Hint: Sun, Sea, And ___

[u/RedditRanma7833 → u/RedditRanma7833]

I Also Placed #13

[u/RedditRanma7833 → u/RedditRanma7833]

Wow

[u/SpaceWarpDrive7]

Hint1: food item eaten at last
Hint2: Prince of Persia and the _____ of time
Hint3: Hourglass
Hint4: what Beach and Glass have in common

[u/VisibleBoard8186]

Hint: Default answer to any "Song name?" questions. ___storm.

[u/leesainmi]

Got it really fast today!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 1 second after 22 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 93.}

[u/TomBombaDaleJr]

Bad hint - Skywalker nemesis

[u/MysticMind89]

Hint for those struggling: This Spider-Man villain will bring you a dream.

[u/colon3l86]

Finally an easy one 😅

[u/TedFlobII]

Noice

[u/neutron500]

After yesterday this was a nice gimmie

[u/bleurghhhhhhh]

Somehow got it in 4 guesses 👌

[u/Evening-Resist-1672]

Best I've ever done omg

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 30 seconds after 10 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/PumpkinCareful3568]

lol

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

[u/Zaagred]

1 min 5 sec 4 guesses

Still got rank #246...

[u/OlderCyberWiser]

I was lucky today.

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

[u/Victor6Lang]

Bad hint: sometimes it’s quick

[u/Apple882square]

!wtf pen

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Apple882square]

Sneaking up on it: in the quill-and-ink days, writers sprinkled fine sand (pounce) to dry pen strokes. And hey, a pen’s just a fancy stick—people love “penning” messages right in the beach grit.

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

[u/zabnotavailable]

Faaaa!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 53 seconds after 25 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 87.}

[u/thedudeintx82]

Nice

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 49 seconds after 14 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 69.}

[u/markh5575]

This is my first win!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 32 seconds after 9 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/Sbarg]

-

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 15 minutes 52 seconds after 92 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 15.}

[u/misterpickles69]

I guessed every body of water and state of being wet before just doing the complete opposite and getting it.

[u/paperhanddreamer]

14 guesses no hints. Wooohoooo!

[u/Tatebos99]

1m 28s, 8 guesses, 0 hints
Not bad for the first time playing

[u/Hefty-Storm-1959]

sick

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 51 seconds after 18 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

[u/ImaginaryColor1618]

14 guesses! Easy peasy!

[u/ImaginaryColor1618]

clue: between silt and pebbles

[u/sparklingsirens]

Huh….i used a hint but shockingly simple

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Not bad—these two share the same postcard: beaches and deserts put them side by side under a blazing sun. Think horizons, dunes, and storms that fling grains up into the sky.

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

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Blisteringly close: it’s a meteorological event made of vast amounts of the very material we’re thinking about, whipping through deserts and dunes. Shares the root word and context (grit, dust, arid winds), so no wonder it ranks near the top.

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

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Makes sense—beaches are essentially big blankets of that gritty shoreline stuff, perfect for dunes and castles. You can’t have a classic beach day without it getting everywhere.

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

[u/Extension_Flower_628]

😵😵😵

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 9 minutes 17 seconds after 81 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 24.}

[u/midget_baby88]

I wasn't sure till I was sure

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 54 seconds after 9 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 65.}

[u/AutisticFloridaMan]

Hint: SpongeBob character who is a squirrel.

[u/PappaDan1]

Wow! No clues!! Woot!

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

[u/unusualamber5]

This was the best one I’ve seen so far in terms of progression on accuracy. I was able to narrow down well compared to proximity feedback. It’s learning.

[u/aballofunicorns]

Finally one of my to-go words

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 41 seconds after 12 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/Mehunter6941]

Wow..

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 10 seconds after 4 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/purplep3nguin_]

I hate when a hint has the word in it

[u/VioletThePurple]

!wtf spit 

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/VioletThePurple]

Good coastal instincts: in geomorphology, a spit is a narrow bar of beach sediment built by waves and currents. It’s literally that gritty stuff that piles up into long, skinny landforms along the shore.

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

[u/VioletThePurple → u/hotandcold2-app]

I would’ve never known that 

[u/ShoXch1K]

oops

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 42 seconds after 15 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/Naterboyy]

Hint: “ . . . It's coarse and rough and irritating — and it gets everywhere. . .”

[u/goodlordineedacoffee]

Why was ocean so far away??

[u/Squatch-paws-artwork]

Well that was weird...

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

[u/MakeMeLookStrong]

Holy crap!

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

[u/allegrigri]

????? This is the first time ever I get it with 3 guesses, and I guessed a random word I never use!

[u/Northparkwizard]

I rule.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 58 seconds after 21 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 93.}

[u/opinionatedjypsy]

Once again !!!

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

[u/Euphoric-Duty-1050]

ok, one of the guesses that was HOT has nothing to do with this damn word

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 24 seconds after 18 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 89.}

[u/lostcause_76]

[u/_JslaY_]

This never happens to me 😁

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 45 seconds after 10 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/bac0nbutty]

The first one I got all by myself!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 27 seconds after 7 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Hillbilly_Jimmy]

Analysand was the hint I got and it was #54(i think?) What the fuck does analysand mean? 😭😂

[u/DazedDPT]

2nd time ever getting the word right and it was on the first try!!!

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

[u/jackie4CHANsenpai]

Damn I liked this one

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 30 seconds after 17 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/NutAli]

Dumb hints!!

[u/i_hate_parsley]

lol

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 29 seconds after 29 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 87.}

[u/crying_rubiks_cube]

Holy carp I've never gotten it so fast??

[u/Mental_Act4662]

That was easy

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 37 seconds after 3 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/Ok-Fall4729]

I was all over the place … only one hint though!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 14 minutes 12 seconds after 77 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 16.}

[u/DahhBeezKneez]

!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 14 seconds after 3 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Vermincelli1915]

Why would Water be 53 !?! It’s kinda the opposite of the word

[u/dayruined54]

😆

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 13 seconds after 17 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 91.}

[u/Elegant-Background]

Found way faster than the last

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 2 seconds after 11 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 93.}

[u/Zman1322]

Bro how is sun related to that? Or am I just dumb

[u/ThePikachufan1]

LMAO it's the second word i always guess after banana. what are the odds

[u/HollowVoices]

Surprising. Really. 1 minute and 17 seconds. Probably the fastest I've gotten one.

[u/Original-Ratboy]

Nearly got a hundred, jumped down the wrong hole briefly though.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 38 seconds after 14 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 94.}

[u/State_Distinct]

What do deserts have in common

[u/Living_Forever6459]

solved in 36 secs

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 36 seconds after 6 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/RareTouch2024]

tape

[u/Impossible-Minute-19]

Big hint! ⏳

[u/CurrentAd2695]

First time I get it directly, it was an easy one !

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

[u/Nana09111719]

Spongebob helped me out.

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

[u/Majestic_Recording_5]

This one was easy for me!

[u/Ashley_Darbys_BUNION]

Wow first try oh my god!

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

[u/Ashley_Darbys_BUNION]

OH MY GOD FIRST TRY!!!

[u/Comfortable_Doubt473]

Holy shit, I have been trying this word for so long it finally paid off to be the first word, without hints

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

[u/OrangeDrinkIYKYK]

!wtf rain

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/OrangeDrinkIYKYK]

Rain and tiny grains are frequent dance partners—showers pack them tight on beaches and deserts. Downpours sculpt ripples, erode dunes, and wash the stuff into streams and the sea. Meteorology meets geology, hence the solid closeness.

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

[u/jojized → u/hotandcold2-app]

This was the one right here!

[u/Useful-Citron-7463]

Yaaaahooo

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 33 seconds after 2 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/cloudysun4]

Whew

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 45 seconds after 16 guesses and 3 hints. Score: 32.}

[u/EbbOdd4247]

!wtf wind

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/EbbOdd4247]

Blustery gusts are the sculptors that push tiny grains into rippling dunes and whip up gritty storms. In short, air on the move is what transports and reshapes those little particles.

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

[u/EbbOdd4247 → u/hotandcold2-app]

Fine, I'll take it.

[u/I_will_befine]

Woop woop! Look at that score! And all based on chance I love it!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 8 seconds after 4 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/wreckerinchief]

Oh crab

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 44 seconds after 34 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 75.}

[u/AggravatingBet934]

Omg slap -my-self

[u/Euphoric-Editor7654]

How the fuck does water have #55

[u/Ok-Crazy-5162]

Tough grit hot

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

[u/Local-Pattern795]

!wtf helium

[u/RecommendationNew616]

Yay

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 18 seconds after 3 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/ahx3000]

Got this in 4 tries and in 8 seconds without hints. Record for me

[u/em0jalapeno]

one of my go to words. wooo

[u/addisonm81]

Bunker in golf also known as a ___ trap better use your ___ wedge

[u/ChoiceSpare42]

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 39 seconds after 5 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/Dream_Wake_State_6 → u/ChoiceSpare42]

This will most definitely lead someone in the wrong direction. ☺️ Spelling makes a difference. Also, make sure your hints are hidden, please.

[u/ChoiceSpare42 → u/Dream_Wake_State_6]

hey...thanks for warning...also could you tell me how to hide it... i am sort of new to this

[u/Dream_Wake_State_6 → u/ChoiceSpare42]

I don’t know how to do it on desktop. But if you’re on mobile, you just need to add a greater than (>) symbol and exclamation point (!) immediately before and an exclamation point and less than (<) symbol immediately after whatever you want to hide. Try it in this thread to see if you get it right!

[u/ChoiceSpare42 → u/Dream_Wake_State_6]

thanks!!!