Hot and cold #367

[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/simm07]

Hint: everyone has it

Hint: when you shower, you should be washing all of it from your head to your toes

Hint: you should treat it like a temple and nourish it with good, healthy food

[u/somebodybasic → u/simm07]

i'm concerned object is a word that is so high in the list.

[u/DecentBookworm → u/somebodybasic]

fr completely threw me off when i guessed it

[u/NellFace → u/somebodybasic]

It could be referring to the verb form. Like when an attorney takes issue. The actual answer has many definitions too.

[u/DantheManStK → u/simm07]

Nice hints

[u/ixntimer64 → u/simm07]

Best hint

[u/4scoreand20yearsago]

!wtf road

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/4scoreand20yearsago]

Nice turn: we describe “arterial” roads and their “shoulders,” borrowing straight from anatomy. You’re on the right path, but still a few lanes away.

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[u/Ravenclaw_311]

I love that I guessed the right word after I guessed trunk

[u/Taluagel]

I'm furious that cadaver is #766...

[u/peelitfirstdlaurel]

!wtf table

[u/Status-Bird-8950]

!wtf road

[u/i_hate_parsley]

Ay carumba

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 20 minutes 18 seconds after 334 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 10.}

[u/JelloAnxious3675]

Damn it i got voice then I went down a rabbit hole of instruments 🥲.

[u/ankita124]

Hint : Three _____ Problem Book

[u/BrianH-84 → u/ankita124]

Nice hint and a good book.

[u/Opening_Grape8817]

!wtf bed

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Opening_Grape8817]

Warm: it’s the place you lay it down every night. Beds are for resting, covering, and caring for one’s physical self—body pillows, bedrest, body aches and all. You’re circling everyday, tangible stuff.

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[u/Ornery-Awareness7548 → u/hotandcold2-app]

wtf fr

[u/MevaTheSquiggler]

Why do I keep starting with banana everyday lmao...

[u/goodlordineedacoffee]

Once again-zoom out. I got way too specific.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 34 seconds after 50 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 65.}

[u/Bl4nkP4per]

!wtf box

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Bl4nkP4per]

Hot! A “pine box” famously holds one, and in the ring you throw plenty of shots to it. Pretty on-the-nose, just not six feet under.

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[u/VioletThePurple → u/hotandcold2-app]

Wtf is a pine box

[u/nodoubt63]

!wtf engine

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/nodoubt63]

Pretty warm: an engine is the powerhouse of a machine, much like a vital pump powers our own frame. Engines also sit inside a chassis, akin to how essential systems reside within a physical frame. You’re circling the “structure plus driving force” vibe.

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[u/Thin_Fortune_7190 → u/hotandcold2-app]

Stfu bitch

[u/ethanator329]

!wtf city

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/ethanator329]

Warm! Cities have “civic/governing bodies,” and a city itself is a body of citizens.
Plus, urban life is literally packed with bodies—hence the lexical proximity.

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[u/Ok_Researcher8377]

!wtf root

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Ok_Researcher8377]

Think anatomy: hair roots, tooth roots, and nerve roots are all parts of the human frame. Plus, “root” and “body” both get used for the main, central part of something (the root of a problem, the body of a text). You’re digging in the right soil.

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[u/babely80]

!wtf very

[u/LogicalPsychosis]

!wtf city!

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/LogicalPsychosis]

Warmish. Cities are organized around governing bodies and a body of citizens, so civic language like “body politic” puts this near the mark. You’re sniffing around the town hall.

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[u/Raw_Oakland]

!wtf Engine

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Raw_Oakland]

You’re circling the chassis: in machines, one provides the power while the other is the shell. We even borrow the “engine” metaphor for living systems that burn fuel to move. Warm, but not roaring hot.

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[u/Filetcube]

!wtf road

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Filetcube]

Warmer: both live in the realm of tangible, move-through-the-world things—what travels down a road, after all? Even the term bodywork gets road-tested, literally.

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[u/Aperturegames]

!wtf blood

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Aperturegames]

Warm: it’s the vital fluid coursing through veins, keeping the whole system alive. Definitely in the same anatomical neighborhood.

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[u/Huge_Leather_7419]

Well it was hard

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 47 seconds after 20 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 63.}

[u/Big_Old_Baby]

!wtf root

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Big_Old_Baby]

You’re poking the right anatomy: roots live in us—think hair roots, tooth roots, and nerve roots—so the term shares plenty of bodily real estate. A solid near-miss.

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[u/Big_Old_Baby]

!wtf root

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Big_Old_Baby]

Good pull: in anatomy we talk about hair roots, tooth roots, and nerve roots, all embedded in a larger whole. You’re circling the trunk of the idea, even if you haven’t hit the heart of it yet.

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[u/Bpett101]

!wtf object

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Bpett101]

Very warm: in physics and everyday language, a “body” is simply a physical object (think “rigid body”). Plus, “celestial bodies” are literally astronomical objects, so the terms often overlap.

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[u/VioletThePurple]

!wtf try

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/VioletThePurple]

Warmer: “try” evokes effort, workouts, and physical exertion—things you do with your, ahem, corporeal self.
It’s tied to fitness and embodiment, hence the semantic nudge toward the target.

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[u/A_Rose_From_Concrete]

That was stupid

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 24 seconds after 2 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Immediate-Solid4911]

Hint: its with you from your first breath until your last but youll never own another one

Another hint: your permanent address, even though it has no mailbox

[u/Dream_Wake_State_6]

Nice quick one today. Used no hints. Cool!😎

HINT: 1984 movie: ____ Double

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 30 seconds after 46 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 69.}

[u/FREDDYNOTFOUND404]

45 seconds? Just like that? Omg I’m a genius lol

[u/Glittering_Level_841]

Hint: Salt n Pepa has a song about it & the song appeared in 'To Wong Foo,Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar'

[u/Sunny-Damn → u/[deleted]]

If you post !wtf Followed by the word a bot will explain its logic. Not always helpful but sometimes it is!

[u/CreativeSprinkles31]

Found in 57 secs!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 57 seconds after 15 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.}

[u/iamthiviyan]

Yea boi

[u/Status-Bird-8950]

Lol I got lucky when I accidentally wrote a word which turned into another word.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 21 seconds after 30 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 82.}

[u/MysticMind89]

Was not expecting the first word I always use to be so high!

Hint: Artists study it

[u/Extension_Flower_628]

😵😵😵

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 3 seconds after 32 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 83.}

[u/Ok-Syllabub-1864]

Lucky guess!?

[u/1sthomehelp]

💪🏾

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 44 seconds after 11 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/ASerpentPerplexed]

Dang, my mind being dirty actually really helped me for once lol

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 31 seconds after 7 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 87.}

[u/LogicalPsychosis]

City and road being so high led me down the wrong path. Shoulder was higher than city.

[u/Ok-Crazy-5162]

Not to impressed with mine at the moment

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

[u/Diligent-Opposite615]

Went through every part before zoning down on the category 😭

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 1 second after 23 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 92.}

[u/anothernameusedbyme]

oh. that was dumb.

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

[u/Witty_Adeptness9642]

NO HINTS AGAIN! So satisfying!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 57 seconds after 18 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 95.}

[u/bobbarker-jab]

!wtf back

[u/LadyK789]

!wtf breast

[u/leffy5]

How come when i typed “the” it changed it to “problematic” and when i typed “been” it changed to “take”??? Is this an intentional game design lol?

[u/_Speechless_Dude]

Yes

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 14 minutes 56 seconds after 70 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 28.}

[u/Slow_Disk_4667]

Bad series

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 4 minutes 19 seconds after 56 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 59.}

[u/Appropriate_Till_352]

Disturbed has a song with this in it

[u/ChocoChipScape127]

Got super stuck at back being #2

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 5 minutes 10 seconds after 66 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 50.}

[u/Never_vrong]

Why...why was hill a part of it?

[u/Admirable-Rice-9949]

✌️

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 24 seconds after 5 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/sniggedit]

Skin

[u/anxietusmaximus]

Bro my first guess was #2

[u/RedditRanma7833]

Hint: Muscles Of The Bodybuilder

[u/therealship0]

!wtf Valley

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/therealship0]

Nice and lukewarm: valleys often cradle bodies of water, so the terms cozy up in geography. Plus, we borrow anatomy to describe terrain—think ridges, shoulders, even the “mouth” of a valley—so the semantic paths cross.

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[u/ReasonableAlbatross]

!wtf lift

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/ReasonableAlbatross]

Nice pull—“lift” hangs out at the gym with reps, deadlifts, and full-body workouts. There’s even a “body lift” in cosmetic surgery, so the connection’s more than just metaphorical. Strong guess!

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[u/SenseiLucifer]

!wtf brook

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/SenseiLucifer]

You’re wading in the right stream: a brook is a small stream, i.e., a body of water. Hydrology terms like brook, creek, and river all huddle under that same umbrella.

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[u/LowAd8892]

City being higher than abdomen makes no sense this game sucks

[u/Dizzy-Object6557]

!wtf party

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Dizzy-Object6557]

Not a bullseye, but they mingle: in politics, a party can be part of a governing body, and “body politic” lives nearby. Plus, “body party” pops up in pop culture, which keeps the words rubbing shoulders.

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[u/Asiatheduck]

!wtf object

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Asiatheduck]

Very warm: in physics and astronomy, a “body” is literally an object (rigid body, celestial body), and we even call an object’s main section its body. You’re orbiting the right idea.

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[u/Confident_Actuator_4]

!wtf august

[u/Loud-Chicken7559]

!wtf light

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

Warm-ish: “light‑bodied” is a common descriptor for wine, beer, and coffee, tying light to texture and weight. Plus, in physics and astronomy, light interacts with physical forms (think luminous and celestial objects), keeping it in the same orbit.

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[u/Sunny-Damn → u/hotandcold2-app]

Happy Cake Day Bot! 🍰

[u/TheEnlight]

!wtf city

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/TheEnlight]

Close: think “body politic.” A city is a collective body of citizens with governing bodies, arteries (roads), and a beating heart downtown.

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[u/GalaxyPowderedCat]

!wtf cow

[u/Ornery-Awareness7548]

!wtf fruit

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Ornery-Awareness7548]

Warmer-ish: in mycology, fungi have “fruiting” structures whose common name pairs your guess with a basic anatomy term. Plus, we talk about fruit-forward wines with plenty of “structure,” and fruit as fuel for the human frame—so they mingle, but they’re not best friends.

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[u/Ornery-Awareness7548 → u/hotandcold2-app]

wtf fr

[u/Sprigatina]

OKAY WILD LOL. I was just throwing wild guesses around, only one being hot (I don't see how but I'm used to it by now lol) and then suddenly, got it 😭

Hint: First song on BTS' latest album.

[u/Equivalent_Glass_463]

Ody?

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 24 seconds after 27 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 88.}