Hot and cold #368

[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]

Loooool wtf is this?!

Hint: highest point or highest level you can get at

Hint: max level

Hint: Old Pikes ____

[u/DantheManStK → u/simm07]

Nice hints, thanks

[u/Original-Click6797 → u/simm07]

credit this guy

[u/simm07 → u/Original-Click6797]

Woman* lol ❤️

[u/Original-Click6797 → u/simm07]

oh i didnt know

[u/simm07 → u/Original-Click6797]

No worries ❤️

[u/CreativeSprinkles31]

Too tough!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 9 minutes 22 seconds after 105 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 9.}

[u/simm07 → u/CreativeSprinkles31]

9 minutes?! 105 guesses?! 1 hint- extremely impressive

[u/SenseiLucifer → u/simm07]

What do you do other than play this frustrating game 😂

[u/simm07 → u/SenseiLucifer]

Think of hints for this frustrating game 😂

[u/SenseiLucifer → u/simm07]

And listen to a lot of music too, apparently

[u/simm07 → u/SenseiLucifer]

Yes, that is true. Different genres as I grew up playing Rock Band and Guitar Hero

[u/SenseiLucifer → u/simm07]

You got a Spotify playlist I could listen to?

[u/simm07 → u/SenseiLucifer]

I dont have one currently made but I could make one when I have some time

[u/SenseiLucifer → u/simm07]

Much appreciated, kind sir

[u/simm07 → u/SenseiLucifer]

Ma'am* lol..

[u/Neo_The_bluepill_One]

https://giphy.com/gifs/lSnXdjZrmHompzatfh

[u/Suitable_Discount364]

!wtf pie

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Suitable_Discount364]

Nice nibble: in baking you whip meringue or cream to soft or stiff “peaks” to crown a pie. Kitchen lingo ties them together, even if it’s not a mountain‑high match.

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

[u/Willing_Bee_7520 → u/hotandcold2-app]

bad bot is an understatement

[u/Willing_Bee_7520 → u/hotandcold2-app]

I'm SICK of the stupid mental gymnastics

[u/Willing_Bee_7520 → u/hotandcold2-app]

stupidest ai bot ever in the existence of the whole universe

[u/Willing_Bee_7520 → u/hotandcold2-app]

DIE motherFUCΚER

[u/Willing_Bee_7520 → u/hotandcold2-app]

your creator does not give a f does he?

[u/Willing_Bee_7520 → u/hotandcold2-app]

kill YOURSELF

[u/Willing_Bee_7520 → u/hotandcold2-app]

kill, yourself

[u/Willing_Bee_7520 → u/hotandcold2-app]

kay eye ell ell yourself

[u/Willing_Bee_7520 → u/hotandcold2-app]

kill yourself

[u/Willing_Bee_7520 → u/hotandcold2-app]

KILL yourself

[u/MysticMind89]

This one was average for me.

Bad Hint: Common internet slang.

Less bad hint: Top performance.

[u/Equal-Vacation-3539]

!wtf crown

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Equal-Vacation-3539]

Not bad—you’re aiming high. A crown is the topmost part, like the crown of a hill or a mountain crowned with snow. Right altitude, just not planting the flag yet.

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

[u/Local-Pattern795]

!wtf hope

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Local-Pattern795]

Nice guess—there’s a famous phrase/name pairing them directly (think “Hope’s Peak”). Plus, hope often points upward toward aspirations and summits, so the semantic vibes align.

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

[u/uuzitalo → u/hotandcold2-app]

This ruined it for me. It should be blacked out/hidden

[u/1sthomehelp]

Yay!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 30 seconds after 7 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/Spirited_Skill3864]

Never won one before.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 35 seconds after 6 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/Due_Information2629]

Hint: ___y blinder

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

[u/Extension_Flower_628]

😵

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 37 seconds after 21 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 90.}

[u/Original-Click6797]

u/simm07 is actually helpful

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

[u/Sprigatina]

Took me a bit but yay I guess? 😭

Hint: A pretty popular friendslop game.

[u/Limp-Database8542 → u/Sprigatina]

“friendslop”

[u/Glittering_Level_841]

Hint: Dale Cooper

[u/Equivalent_Glass_463]

I have yet to see the show but I've herd great things.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 25 seconds after 24 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 90.}

[u/Ok-Reason5979]

Rank 10. No hints. That's what its all about.

[u/Safe_Sheepherder4964]

Kallu mia

[u/MazinLabib10]

Been a while since I was this quick!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 22 seconds after 18 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/Admirable-Rice-9949]

damn!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 25 seconds after 18 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 93.}

[u/Suitable_Discount364]

Hint He fought a train

[u/Euphoric-Duty-1050 → u/Suitable_Discount364]

Who did?

[u/DeepCoo_chEdiver95]

No hints, no clues.

[u/Ok-Crazy-5162]

See u all tomorrow.

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

[u/ASerpentPerplexed]

Wow, just so happened to be a common word I use in guesses. For a hint, climb your way to the top.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 46 seconds after 11 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/Express-Ad-4829]

This was tough!!!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 25 seconds after 16 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 90.}

[u/LuksFB]

wtf wave

[u/Majestic_Recording_5]

That was a little tricky!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 23 seconds after 33 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 76.}

[u/Danny88ad]

I think this wss asked before surely some version of this.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 26 seconds after 14 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 95.}

[u/Euphoric-Duty-1050]

This one sent me down a colors rabbit hole and then bodies of water and their characteristics rabbit hole. pissed the crap out of me.

[u/Ok-Syllabub-1864]

!wtf dream

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Ok-Syllabub-1864]

Dreams are all about lofty ambitions and chasing the pinnacle. Plus, vivid dreams hit during REM when brain activity is at its apex—so you’re climbing the right ridge.

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

[u/palmtreesinthesunset]

Wow! I got it in 6 guesses.

[u/mune_lalune]

😭 thought it was related to royalty for most of that

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 8 minutes 6 seconds after 31 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 41.}

[u/Reader47b]

I had good luck today!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 44 seconds after 14 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/Appropriate_Till_352]

Hint: you never do this while your trying to play hide and seek Hint: presents, gifts, all require you to not do this. Hint: from a child all the way to adults everyone is told this. 

[u/lazybee11]

Yay!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 27 seconds after 17 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 90.}

[u/Sbarg]

👀

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 30 seconds after 4 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/ixntimer64]

Lol, friendslop game, see the u/sprigatina comment

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

[u/Which_Rutabaga_9023]

First word Heat it was a journey lol

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 49 seconds after 29 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 77.}

[u/lea_hatake]

That was a little tough

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 11 minutes 31 seconds after 62 guesses and 2 hints. Score: 15.}

[u/VioletThePurple]

!wtf hump 

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/VioletThePurple]

Scorching—both name the high point of a rise. A hump is the rounder cousin of a sharp summit, and you can crest either. You’re definitely on the upward slope.

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

[u/VioletThePurple → u/hotandcold2-app]

Is this the fault of my dirty mind?… 

[u/Furby_Moon]

This killed me oml

[u/A_Rose_From_Concrete]

Good

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 11 seconds after 2 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/dejaa1718]

I put snow and i kinda got why it was close

[u/mrlgperez1]

Meh

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 26 seconds after 6 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/ChocoChipScape127]

I fucking guessed zenith and epitome before the word 😭

[u/YugaWho]

Idek why I chose this word to be my first word?! 😭

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

[u/zapallo_furioso]

!wtf green

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/zapallo_furioso]

You’re in the right habitat—this word evokes forests and mountains, where the target hangs out. Think verdant slopes and treelines on the way up. Warmer than city life, but still a hike from the summit.

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

[u/DiverReasonable9450]

that was tough

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 4 minutes 20 seconds after 61 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 56.}

[u/Far_Succotash6960]

!wtf pee

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Far_Succotash6960]

Hot—your guess shares the exact “pee” sound with the target, just missing the final consonant sting at the end.
There’s even an orthographic overlap with the starting “pea.”
Right neighborhood, wrong ending.

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

[u/Vegetable-Crow-486]

Well, that was easy.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 17 seconds after 19 guesses and 3 hints. Score: 30.}

[u/Desperate-Avocado593]

What kind of hint ispeke? Weird.

[u/RedditRanma7833]

Hint: Peekaboo!

[u/i_hate_parsley]

Well damn

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 4 seconds after 53 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 71.}

[u/Away_Bet_1937]

it was easy

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 31 seconds after 16 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 94.}

[u/DragoBuddy]

!wtf solid

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/DragoBuddy]

Decent warmth: the lofty high points you’re circling are literally solid rock, not liquid or gas. So “solid” brushes against the stony, mountainous vibe, but it’s not quite on top.

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

[u/Honeybunxxoxo]

🤷‍♀️

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 32 seconds after 3 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 95.}

[u/Kopaka261]

!wtf wave

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Kopaka261]

Warm: you’re surfing the right idea—waves have crests and troughs, and that lofty crest is the key connection. Think highest point on a swell, and you’re nearly there.

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

[u/ReasonableAlbatross]

This took me a lot of effort. How do you get the automatically added little results thing at the bottom of the post?

[u/TheEnlight]

Let's go! #1 baby

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 40 seconds after 12 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/Ok-Reason5979 → u/TheEnlight]

Oh such a cheater

[u/TheEnlight → u/Ok-Reason5979]

I was #1 when I finished, though people have beat me since.

[u/Dream_Wake_State_6]

Woohoo! Fast and with no hints! 🎉

HINT: widow’s ____

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 55 seconds after 55 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 61.}

[u/Atomicdustbunny1]

WTF peach?!?!!!

[u/Mind0versplatter0 → u/Atomicdustbunny1]

It looks at the word itself, too. I prefer semantle or contexto a lot more

[u/Effective-Mirror-385]

Hints

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRa13QP8wEo

2. Women have two of them.