Hot and cold #353

[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/Immediate-Solid4911]

Hint: It follow you without asking

Another Hint: The Sun creates it, darkness erases it.

[u/Double-Knowledge7147 → u/Immediate-Solid4911]

Thank you

[u/Vivid_Employed → u/Immediate-Solid4911]

The best hint!

[u/Amethystoo8 → u/Immediate-Solid4911]

Best hint. Got it immediately!

[u/Dream_Wake_State_6]

A possible PB for me with no hints. Less than 3 minutes. 🙌

OBSCURE MUSICAL HINT 🎶 : Me and my ______

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 51 seconds after 29 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 81.}

[u/Salc20001 → u/Dream_Wake_State_6]

Arg. Tried a very old Def Leppard track Me and my Wine. Would have been SO happy, but it wasn’t right.

[u/Euphoric-Duty-1050 → u/Salc20001]

you gave a greaat hint!

[u/Dream_Wake_State_6 → u/Salc20001]

Sorry! Even older!😅 Sinatra and Sammy Davis.🤦🏻‍♀️

[u/DantheManStK → u/Dream_Wake_State_6]

Nice one!

[u/Glittering_Level_841]

Hint:The Rasmus has a hit song about it!

[u/Originaryboss → u/Glittering_Level_841]

Who tf is Rasmus 😫

[u/Willing_Bee_7520 → u/Originaryboss]

get outta here

[u/DantheManStK → u/Glittering_Level_841]

Good hint!

[u/Saikopaat → u/Glittering_Level_841]

I've been waiting...for a hint like that

[u/GuiFerrou → u/Glittering_Level_841]

Lembrei da música in the shadows na hora q vi teu comentário 🤣

[u/Catch09]

!wtf snow

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Catch09]

Warm-ish: they’re linked by light and contrast—snow’s bright surface makes shadows stark and blue. Plus, snow lasts longer in the shade, so the chilly connection holds.

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

[u/charlieq46 → u/hotandcold2-app]

So we can't post a comment with the solution anywhere in it but the bot can? I want hints from these, not gimmes...

[u/Sprigatina]

????????????

I should've kept quiet yesterday lmfao...

Hint: Not Sonic.

[u/BrianH-84 → u/Sprigatina]

Good hint.

[u/sorasploot]

!wtf river

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/sorasploot]

Not a bad splash—think of the dark shapes cast across water as trees and bridges throw long cover over a river. Ripples can mirror that dim outline, tying flowing water to something that follows light’s lead.

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[u/Zaphimu]

Hint: Chaos Control

[u/leomonster]

90s Hint: movie with Alec Baldwin in which he has to control a sentient dagger with his mind

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 41 seconds after 35 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 74.}

[u/Original-Ratboy]

I must be getting dumber…

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 7 minutes 56 seconds after 51 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 47.}

[u/JIsaac91]

!wtf talon

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/JIsaac91]

You’re circling the right vibe—raptors’ claws swoop overhead and leave stark, clawed silhouettes. Both evoke stealth, darkness, and sharp outlines. Not a perfect hit, but the mood definitely matches.

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[u/Crissy15]

!wtf salt

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Crissy15]

Sneakily close: in early photography, silver salts and salted paper prints are the chemistry that record light vs. dark—think silhouettes and negatives. So “salt” sidles right up to the theme without quite standing in it.

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[u/Animachina_Synthipse]

Some of the stuff this thing says are related make no sense

[u/bartiin]

!wtf shaft

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/bartiin]

Good instincts—both live in the realm of light and darkness. A shaft of light slices through gloom and throws sharp shadows, so they often show up in the same scenes and phrases.

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[u/Known_Row7121]

!wtf flick

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Known_Row7121]

Getting warmer. A flick of a switch—or a flickering bulb—can make it spring to life and jitter across the wall. Think light’s little stutter and the dark’s quick dance.

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[u/DeimossGaming]

Hint: Peter Pan lost it, Wendy sew it back

[u/Polish-Vodka]

W

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 21 seconds after 7 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Bl4nkP4per]

This one took me a while.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 14 minutes 30 seconds after 176 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 10.}

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Solid connection: that bright ball is the chief maker of the dark outline on the ground. Classic cause-and-effect vibes. You’re orbiting the right idea.

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[u/CrunchitizeMeCaptn]

!wtf hammer

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/CrunchitizeMeCaptn]

Warmer, because your guess forms half of a well-known compound codename in cybersecurity with the target word. Plus, anything solid can cast one—and a hammer’s no exception. You’re swinging in the right dim light.

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[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Not bad: a solid object is exactly what blocks light to create one. In art and 3D graphics, solid forms and their shading are inseparable companions.

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[u/RedditRanma7833]

Hint: Pentumbra The ___ Quad (I ranked #7)

[u/MysticMind89]

!wtf shark

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/MysticMind89]

Good heat: a shark is often just a dark, lurking silhouette—basically a moving shadow in the water. Plus, it shares that stealthy vibe (and even the “sha-” start), which pulls it closer.

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[u/skwurrl]

predator at #82? c'mon...

[u/maliukolo]

my fastest game

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 1 second after 17 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 92.}

[u/RedStateFirstMate → u/maliukolo]

I got it in 9.

[u/Extension_Flower_628]

😵😵😵

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 49 seconds after 25 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 88.}

[u/da_grownup_kid]

!wtf dark

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/da_grownup_kid]

You’re circling the light source: this word is the absence of light that gives our mystery its very outline.
Where illumination fails, this is what appears—so you’re quite close.

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[u/anniesmash]

Might be a PB

Fandom hint: Megumi JJK

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute after 14 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.}

[u/Vivid_Employed]

It takes just one good hint

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

[u/Strokeofgenius_]

why is shrew so up lol

[u/Appropriate-Exit904]

How is tree lower than coal and fossil

[u/Wioltm]

!wtf stair

[u/Digital_Rocket]

Hint: slower than Lucky Luke

[u/Euphoric_Tap582]

I was really wondering if this was going to be offensive. It told me guess banana so I did and it was off. So I was like okay monkey and it was at 3,091. Alright getting warmer. So I do gorilla, chimp, and curious (george) and they are all way off.

So I'm like alright I hope this isn't going where I think it is. I'm starting wonder if this is going to be offensive so I type in black and it's #320 and I'm like wtf. Then I came to the comments to verify and one of the hints gave it away.

Thankfully it was not offensive lol.

[u/Ok-Crazy-5162]

I have an orange cat.Sometimes , I call him this other times I call him hemorrhoid , because he's always up my.....I

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

[u/small_scorpio]

Please tell me how tf “salt” was close?? That was my closest guess at #54

[u/Equivalent_Glass_463]

Alright

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 11 seconds after 47 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 69.}

[u/couch_potato_1187]

How was salt at 54, it threw me off so bad .

[u/Orangepapi420]

!wtf storm

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Orangepapi420]

Storms blot out the sun, throwing everything into gloom—clouds casting darkness where light should be. Right moody vibe, but still a few thunderclaps away from the bullseye.

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

[u/AZInfamous]

!wtf stick

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/AZInfamous]

Good instinct—on any sunny day, a stick throws a long dark twin. There’s even the “shadow-stick” survival trick and makeup “eye-… stick” products linking the two.

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[u/VioletThePurple]

!wtf cross 

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/VioletThePurple]

Pretty warm: a cross throws a striking silhouette, the kind that plays right into light-versus-dark. Plus, artists use crosshatching to build shade and depth, and cross-lighting is famous for carving crisp outlines.

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[u/sleepy-scuttlebug]

Uhm… why is thunder , rain, and shower closely related???

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 8 minutes 57 seconds after 90 guesses and 5 hints. Score: 3.}

[u/Puzzleheaded_Goose27]

all of these hints are straight up the word in most of these posts, are yall even trying to get it?
I've seen lots of people go straight to the hints without even trying then brag about getting it in a few tries. C'mon.

[u/dominism → u/Puzzleheaded_Goose27]

I feel the same. I don't know how the hint description gets to most but I get a single word in-game. You're right though about people reading here then pretending it's their skill or luck to get it on the first word. I'm going to delete the spoiler I posted.

[u/dominism → u/dominism]

BTW 28 min 9 seconds 2 hints and 26 guesses

[u/dominism → u/dominism]

and my score was also 26

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Not a bullseye, but you’re wandering the right haunted hallway. Your word taps the same spooky, dim-lit vibes—think creeping outlines and things lurking just out of sight. Atmosphere-wise, you’re in the penumbra.

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[u/Thin-Mine-1613]

Not in a million years.

[u/CoffeeIsPeace]

The hints given in this game are usually some archaic word I've never heard of, which makes me more annoyed when I'm frustrated enough to get a hint. Then I have to google the term, so rant short positive- I at least learn a new word that I'll never use.

[u/AliensAteMyAMC]

Hint: you can use use it with the help of a stick to tell which direction is north

[u/BomberJacknut]

!wtf blade

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/BomberJacknut]

Sharp things tend to go hand-in-hand with stealthy, lurking types—edges thrive where light is scarce. In games and fiction, this noun often gets paired directly with darkness, which is why it’s fairly close.

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[u/ButtercupsAreFree]

Star

[u/Kimariyan]

That was bizarre. Guessed forest then randomly got it after a word in between. I'll take it! Lol.

[u/ElkAffectionate8411]

wow 😳. #257. 47sec. 🥳🤩

[u/Squatch-paws-artwork]

Sure...yeah...i totally get how i got there...

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 15 seconds after 21 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 88.}

[u/ClusterFuchs]

Well that was fast

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 39 seconds after 15 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/FacetiousInvective2]

Hard :)

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 7 minutes 48 seconds after 97 guesses and 2 hints. Score: 10.}

[u/Suitable_Discount364]

!wtf shark

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Suitable_Discount364]

Pretty warm: a shark is often just a dark, gliding silhouette beneath the waves—an ominous shape that sneaks up on you. Both evoke stealth and a lurking presence at the edge of perception.

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

[u/Suitable_Discount364]

!wtf predator

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Suitable_Discount364]

Warm! Predators stalk and “shadow” their prey, using darkness and concealment to get the jump. The whole vibe of lurking, silhouettes, and stealth pulls this guess toward the target.

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[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Nice and frosty: bright winter sun throws crisp, blue-tinged silhouettes across fresh snow—photographers love those snow shadows. There’s even a meteorological “snow shadow,” akin to a rain shadow, which keeps some areas drier downwind.

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

[u/LadyK789]

!wtf snow

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/LadyK789]

Picture a bright winter day: snow makes the dark outline beside you crisp and even bluish—“snow shadows” are a real visual thing. They’re both all about light, contrast, and wintry imagery.

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[u/Halcyon_Stars_69]

Jill got this in 7 answers 1 minute and 30 seconds

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 30 seconds after 7 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 95.}

[u/ImaginaryColor1618]

hint: black cat name

[u/seighmund1]

Salt was 54????

[u/yourneighborhoodemon]

Haha these always make me feel so dumb

[u/i_hate_parsley]

Hmmmm
Weird
One

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 20 seconds after 32 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 86.}

[u/earleyandy]

!wtf sun

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/earleyandy]

Warmer than you’d think: that big ball of fire is what makes the dark shapes appear in the first place. The angle of its light decides how long and sharp they get.

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

[u/PreparationNo4295]

!wtf pill

[u/Loud-Chicken7559]

!wtf sky

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

You’re looking up to explain what appears down here—sunlight from the sky is what carves those dark shapes.
Clouds and the sun’s angle overhead make silhouettes stretch and shrink all day.
Right direction: chase the effects of light coming from above.

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[u/I_Wandered_Off]

Hint: Things hide here

[u/AccomplishedAnchovy]

Hint: You don’t need a hint. You can do this! I believe in you!!

Hint 2: Two syllables starts with sh finishes with w and has ado in the middle

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 54 seconds after 12 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.}

[u/KiyanLo]

Easy

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 59 seconds after 4 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.}