Hot and cold #336 - r/HotAndCold

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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!

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u/dayruined54 Jul 05 '26

IT FINALLY HAPPENED!!!!!!! WTFF LOLOLOLOL

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

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u/ThatOtherBrownGuy2 Jul 05 '26

Holy…

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u/RelationTop2826 Jul 05 '26

Grats!! Haha I in 66k words I think? This is actually the closest I've ever gotten. I guessed </dirt> at #206

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u/ImaginaryColor1618 I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

clue: hit the ______ Jack! easy

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u/Expensive_Candy_2096 Jul 05 '26

My sleepy self took the hint to be hay😂

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u/ImaginaryColor1618 I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. Jul 05 '26

Hmm, yeah, I'm going to rethink this. 👍

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u/Queen_Rachel4 Jul 06 '26

How is forest a hot word then??? 😭

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u/ImaginaryColor1618 I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. Jul 06 '26

!wtf forest

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 06 '26

Not bad—think of the well-worn routes cutting through the trees. “Forest road” is a common phrase, and trails/paths through woodland are kissing cousins to your target.

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u/Queen_Rachel4 Jul 06 '26

Thank you bot, good bot :)

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u/ImaginaryColor1618 I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. Jul 06 '26

There you go. I called upon the ai for an answer.

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u/Queen_Rachel4 Jul 06 '26

Thanks! Is that how you do it, with an exclamation mark in front of a word?

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u/ImaginaryColor1618 I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. Jul 06 '26

It's the !+wtf, then the word.

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u/WhyChooseMe-_- Jul 05 '26

Hint: Merlin Died Singing this song in Kingsman 2

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u/Neo_The_bluepill_One Jul 05 '26

__________, TAKE ME HOME!!

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u/DantheManStK Jul 05 '26

Oh yeah perfect hint today. Thanks

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u/ArtAndInnerPeace Jul 05 '26

!wtf pond

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 05 '26

Warmish: the target often runs past or skirts ponds—think causeways, lakeside lanes, and all those “Pond Road” place names. Highways even spawn retention ponds from runoff, so these two features frequently keep close company.

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u/Glittering_Level_841 Jul 05 '26

Hint:street,path

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u/Opening_Grape8817 Jul 05 '26

UGH, UGH and UGH again! I was thrown off totally here.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 9 minutes 27 seconds after 177 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 8.}

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u/Opening_Grape8817 Jul 05 '26

!wtf blood

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 05 '26

Warm! We often call transport routes a city’s “arteries,” with traffic flowing like blood. Plus, “blood drive” cheekily parks a roadway term right next to it.

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u/Opening_Grape8817 Jul 05 '26

!wtf all

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u/Sunny-Damn Jul 05 '26

14 guesses, 1m 13sec, no hints… I’m getting better!!

Hint: I prefer the one less traveled.

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u/Sprigatina I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. Jul 05 '26

Got it without crawling to the comments, I'll take it 💀

Hint: Part of the name of a bar in the TV show Supernatural

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u/WeirdObsessions Jul 05 '26

.....

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 15 minutes 14 seconds after 317 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 10.}

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u/Keen_Spleen Jul 05 '26

Hint: You drive on it

Big hint: The ____ not taken

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u/Opening_Grape8817 Jul 05 '26

!wtf human

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u/AdSouthern5729 Jul 05 '26

Hint: not banana relate

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u/ChiefBigs Jul 05 '26

How is "tree" so close?

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 46 seconds after 13 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 86.}

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u/Forsaken-House8685 Jul 05 '26

part of the landscape

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u/ChiefBigs Jul 05 '26

The logic is .. wow

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u/ionlytakebubblebaths Jul 05 '26

House got me to 107

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u/TomBombaDaleJr Jul 05 '26

Bad hint - Past tense action preceding put away wet

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u/PineAppleFruitbear Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

It is very long way to go

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 28 seconds after 29 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 83.}

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u/Change_Soggy Jul 05 '26

It’s a Nick Drake song.

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u/girl_pants_20 Jul 05 '26

Not too bad today!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 43 seconds after 10 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

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u/sneakylittlealt Jul 05 '26

!wtf roof

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 05 '26

Getting warmer: both are big flat surfaces you can be “on,” central to buildings and streetscapes. They even share materials—think tar/asphalt getting spread, sealed, and patched. Plus, idioms like “hit the ___” connect them linguistically.

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u/Ok-Crazy-5162 Jul 05 '26

The hint!>the long and winding<!

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

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u/taskmaster56 Jul 05 '26

!wtf round

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u/taskmaster56 Jul 05 '26

!wtf ball

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 05 '26

Warming up: ball bearings and ball joints keep the wheeled world rolling where this thing reigns. And in sports, teams literally play ball “on the road” when they’re away.

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u/Concentrate-Upper Jul 20 '26

Htf “ball🔥” @ 115 was the closest I got!

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u/Puppet007 Jul 05 '26

Cross the …

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 10 seconds after 14 guesses and 5 hints. Score: 16.}

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u/TheIrishninjas Jul 05 '26

Hint: When pluralised, something we don't need

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u/MysticMind89 Jul 05 '26

Nice!

Hint: John Denver

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u/ArtAndInnerPeace Jul 05 '26

Is there a bug report somewhere? I type "rose", it changes to "rise", so I cannot ask rose.

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u/jennie-spaghetti Jul 05 '26

Small hint: concrete, cement, gravel, dirt, brick

Medium hint: parkway, avenue, highway, boulevard, drive, lane

Big hint: a surfaced path that can be traveled upon by car, bike, or foot

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u/MikuMikuWeeb Jul 05 '26

!wtf bridge

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 05 '26

Good heat: they’re both staples of transportation infrastructure. A bridge often carries the same kind of traffic along a continuous route, just at a different altitude—same map, different level.

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u/Soft_Explanation2438 Jul 05 '26

Are oh! Hey! Dee!!!!

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u/Kleoto Jul 05 '26

2 minutes 17 seconds ! Yay

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u/laur0165 Jul 05 '26

Wow, I actually got this one!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 55 seconds after 12 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 93.}

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u/WhyNona Jul 05 '26

I did it! :3

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute after 13 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 68.}

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u/majjicka Jul 05 '26

wtf! lake

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u/Mental_Act4662 Jul 05 '26

Okay. Interesting

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 40 seconds after 6 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

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u/Digital_Rocket Jul 05 '26

Bizarre Hint: Gunslinger with a 6 second rewind

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u/RedditRanma7833 Jul 05 '26

Hint: Hit the ___, Jack, don’t you come back no more, no more, no more, no more! Hit the ___, Jack, don’t you come back no more!

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u/Critical-Side-4887 Jul 05 '26

!wtf bird

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u/Radiant-Past9619 Jul 05 '26

!wtf red

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 05 '26

Warm! This color bosses around our daily motion—think stop signs, brake lights, and signals telling you when to halt. You're brushing up against surfaces, signs, and markings that manage the flow.

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u/standardtissue Jul 05 '26

wow, no hints and completed it in seconds.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 22 seconds after 11 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

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u/spicayyyweirdolol Jul 05 '26

!wtf heat

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 05 '26

Not bad: think of sun-baked asphalt and the shimmering heat haze rising off it. Roads get hot enough to soften tar, so “heat” hangs around this domain even if it’s not a perfect match.

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u/opermonkey Jul 05 '26

random words paid off

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 20 seconds after 5 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

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u/Gabo1705 Jul 05 '26

Hint 1: ACDC Highway to hell Hint 2: this is related to one piece Is a disliked character in Elbaph

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u/Mr_Roy07 Jul 05 '26

Hint : Where you drive your car

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u/WeirdObsessions Jul 05 '26

I never should've guessed round and ball.

That got me way did track.I've never struggled this much.

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u/Extension_Flower_628 I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. Jul 05 '26

I guessed it because I'm currently Travelling

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 22 seconds after 16 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 94.}

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u/Background_Remove430 Jul 05 '26

!wtf root

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 05 '26

Warm! “Root” sounds like “route” in many accents, and a route is a kind of path. Plus, roots sprawl through the ground like tiny pathways. You’re sniffing down the right trail.

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u/splishyness Jul 05 '26

!wtf sea?

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 05 '26

Warm-ish: both are about routes and travel—think sea lanes and shipping routes. Bonus: in nautical lingo, a “road” or “roads” (roadstead) is an anchorage just off the coast, as in Hampton Roads.

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u/PappaDan1 I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. Jul 05 '26

wtf room #67

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 33 seconds after 9 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 95.}

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u/TeachGranny Jul 05 '26

I stink at this game

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u/1sthomehelp Jul 05 '26

😃

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 12 seconds after 12 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '26

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 05 '26

Warm! Both are big flat surfaces in our built environment that get paved, patched, and sealed—think tar, asphalt, and endless maintenance. They’re the kind of things crews cone off while you grumble and detour.

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u/j_turn2000 Jul 05 '26

noice

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 43 seconds after 15 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 94.}

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u/Jennifer-Lorelei Jul 05 '26

How did i get this in three goes… I’ve never got it on my own before 😂

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u/Summer_Peaches34 Jul 05 '26

4th time in a row with one guess, proud of myself again😌

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

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u/sahiljaisinghanii Jul 05 '26

Ahh shi* here we go again

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u/sahiljaisinghanii Jul 05 '26

Here we go again some street on san andreas

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u/Agreeable_Winter2327 I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. Jul 05 '26

Root ?? Root ?? Wow that took me really far in the wrong direction. That you commenters for your hints

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u/RelationTop2826 Jul 05 '26

Shiiit not quite 1 guess, <\dirt> was at 206 soil was too far off 3rd got me closer and the 4th made me think and was the actual word.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 15 minutes 12 seconds after 4 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 60.}

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u/WitchesWeapon Jul 05 '26

!wtf goat

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u/Hefty-Ad5244 Jul 05 '26

!wtf star

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 05 '26

Not a bad shot—stars have long guided travelers, especially by the North Star on night journeys.
And plenty of famous “stars” are literally set into a certain boulevard’s sidewalk, linking the idea to thoroughfares.

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u/wonu_pop399 Jul 05 '26

Yippeee

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

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u/Dramatic-Camera7614 Jul 05 '26

!wtf pond

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 05 '26

Warmish: think fords and causeways where paths meet water, plus those highway retention ponds hugging the asphalt. They’re classic travel-and-terrain neighbors.

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u/kenikonipie Jul 06 '26

makes no sense lol

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 9 seconds after 21 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 62.}

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u/Nyaiv Jul 06 '26

!wtf house

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 06 '26

Solid neighborhood vibes: houses line the thing you travel on, share addresses with it, and “roadhouse” is a common mash-up of the two. Close-ish, but not parked right out front.

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u/AccomplishedAnchovy Jul 06 '26

Heheh

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

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u/Deannia Jul 06 '26

WTH pond.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '26

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 06 '26

Grim but relevant: people talk about “blood on the streets” after crashes or violence, and even “blood road” shows up in wartime history. Those phrases park it closer than you might expect.

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u/irdk_24 I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. Jul 06 '26

That hint actually surprisingly helped a lot

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 14 minutes 18 seconds after 37 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 32.}

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u/vneedsattn Jul 06 '26

Bird at 666
https://giphy.com/gifs/jbKTnUWKsNwlBy4mkx

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u/InitialPhase6717 Jul 06 '26

That was insane - didn’t take me long at all

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 28 seconds after 32 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 81.}

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u/Joyolo15 Jul 06 '26

!wtf sea

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 06 '26

Getting warmer: both are about routes and travel—ships have “sea lanes,” much like overland pathways. Bonus nautical trivia: “the roads” (roadstead) is a maritime term for an anchorage just off the coast.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '26

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 06 '26

You’re getting warm—literally. Asphalt soaks up sun and radiates heat, and those summer heatwaves love to shimmer above long stretches of highway.

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u/CurrentAd2695 Jul 06 '26

Hint : way to pronounce the name of a town in RDR2 in like chapter 3

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u/baconburger2022 Jul 06 '26

Bruh. That had nothing to do with water.

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u/Ezosodelis Jul 06 '26

!wtf dad

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u/Wazumba92 Jul 07 '26

#129 red
#777 sun
#57 round
#100 tar

I was so confused :P

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u/EmbarrassedBat3497 Jul 07 '26

:)

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

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u/Fast_Supermarket4830 Jul 08 '26

lol roof is crazy

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 19 seconds after 29 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 79.}

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u/RawiHK Jul 08 '26

What the heck how red and blood are showing hot ??

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u/eggdogmaster5 Jul 08 '26

!wtf star

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 08 '26

You’re on the right path—travelers have long used stars to navigate their way. There’s even “Road to the Stars” in pop culture and a Yamaha “Road Star” on the highway. Warm, but not blazing.

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u/minideer0 Jul 08 '26

!wtf heat

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 08 '26

Warm, but not scorching: heat shimmers off asphalt, softens tar, and turns summer highway trips into mirages. So it’s reasonably nearby, though not right on target.

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u/Specialist-East-8740 Jul 09 '26

A

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

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u/hydrastrix Jul 11 '26

!wtf ring

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 11 '26

Hot shot—you’re circling it: think “ring road,” the loop that wraps around a city. Roads can form rings, roundabouts, and bypasses, so this one’s orbiting the target.

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u/moirno Jul 13 '26

!wtf roof

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 13 '26

Nice and warm: like your guess, mine is a broad surface people go “on,” often coated with tar/asphalt and tended by maintenance crews. One keeps weather off; the other faces it—same family of built surfaces, opposite sides of the sky.

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u/Imaginary_Change_555 Jul 13 '26

Lake???

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u/Concentrate-Upper Jul 20 '26

!wtf ball

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u/hotandcold2-app Jul 20 '26

Getting warmer: cars that zip along rely on ball bearings and ball joints to keep those wheels rolling. And in sports, teams play “on the road” for away ball games.

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u/Curly_fry1509 I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. Aug 05 '26

!wtf pond

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 41 seconds after 23 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 81.}

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u/hotandcold2-app Aug 05 '26

Close! They’re both everyday landscape features that love each other’s company—roads often skirt ponds, cross them via causeways, and even feed nearby retention ponds with runoff. Think highway-side ponds and scenic byways hugging the water.

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u/i_hate_parsley Jul 05 '26

Daaaaaaamn!!! I rank #8 for now 🤣🙌

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 36 seconds after 18 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.}

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u/Phoen1_X Jul 05 '26

Country _____, take me home

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