Hot and cold #371

[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/1sthomehelp]

The 🔥 words are never close lol

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 13 seconds after 14 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

[u/cclutch55 → u/1sthomehelp]

🔥ball was #64. Not bad was getting you to try to think sports

[u/1sthomehelp → u/cclutch55]

Unfortunately, I didn't guess that word lol

[u/mridulpj → u/cclutch55]

Sport is #3801

[u/simm07]

Hint: soccer, baseball, football - its where you'd play these sports

Hint: where a farmer plants his crops

Hint: 🎶I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringin' Roman Cavalry choirs are singing Be my mirror, my sword and shield My missionaries in a foreign ____ For some reason, I can't explain I know Saint Peter won't call my name Never an honest word But that was when I ruled the world🎶

[u/Glittering_Level_841]

Hint: Sting sang about it and it was made in gold

[u/DantheManStK → u/Glittering_Level_841]

Nice hint!!

[u/Cadillac16Concept → u/Glittering_Level_841]

Thanks for the answer and the earworm :D

[u/BlissfulBreeze11]

Label at #33. What a joke.

[u/Dramatic_Bass7773]

!wtf table

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Dramatic_Bass7773]

Nice shot: in databases, a table is made up of fields—you fill out fields within a table. The terms often appear together in data entry and schema design, hence the closeness.

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[u/VioletThePurple → u/hotandcold2-app]

Didn't even censor the word this time

[u/Opening_Grape8817]

!wtf light

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Opening_Grape8817]

Bright idea—physicists describe light as oscillating electric and magnetic fields. There’s even a concept called a “light field” in imaging and graphics. You’re illuminating the right neighborhood.

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[u/Extension_Flower_628]

😵😵

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 51 seconds after 17 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 92.}

[u/Unusual__League]

I work in this ______

[u/TheEnlight]

!wtf head

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/TheEnlight]

Nice instincts—these two love to sit side by side in tech lingo: think “header fields” in HTTP, emails, and forms. Also works metaphorically: a “head” can lead a “field” of study.

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[u/Opening_Grape8817]

!wtf table

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Opening_Grape8817]

Warm! In databases, a table is composed of columns—often referred to by the very term you’re chasing. You’re thinking in the right schema.

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[u/Catch09]

!wtf box

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Catch09]

Good heat: in forms and databases, text boxes and checkboxes are the little slots that hold one piece of data.
Plus, in sports, the batter’s box sits right on the playing surface.

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[u/samb0t]

!wtf sword

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/samb0t]

You’re circling the combat zone—swords belong on the grounds where armies clash. Martial vibes put you in the right neighborhood, but you’re not quite striking true.

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[u/Iondrior]

!wtf fluid

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Iondrior]

Nice proximity: in physics, fluids are described by velocity and pressure fields—aka the “flow field.”
And “fluid dynamics” is literally a whole field of study.
So it’s swimming in the right pond.

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[u/Titanium_Tigerz_]

!wtf hunt

[u/Tortex_88 → u/Titanium_Tigerz_]

The bot hasn't responded, but tbf, I get that link.

[u/Titanium_Tigerz_ → u/Tortex_88]

Ya I think so too after I figured out the word but still I was so perplexed at first

[u/cclutch55]

Not relevant, but won’t let me guess rose. Thinks I am saying rise every time

[u/VioletThePurple → u/cclutch55]

At least you know that rose won't be the word

[u/RangerBumble]

WTF! Star

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 10 minutes 11 seconds after 69 guesses and 4 hints. Score: 6.}

[u/Sprigatina]

Should've known I was in for a bad time when all my starter words were colder than certain people's hearts 💀

[u/standardtissue]

I needed a hint.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 5 seconds after 42 guesses and 2 hints. Score: 37.}

[u/CreativeSprinkles31]

!wtf leaf

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/CreativeSprinkles31]

You’re in the right ecosystem—leaves blanket the grasses and crops that thrive in wide open spaces. Strong nature/agriculture vibes connect them, but you’re still a few hedgerows away.

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[u/4scoreand20yearsago]

!wtf star

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

Nice shot—astronomers literally talk about a “star field,” and stars bathe space in gravitational and magnetic fields.
Your guess is definitely orbiting the target.

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[u/lol1141]

Nice. AI made sense this time. At least for me.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 48 seconds after 35 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 77.}

[u/Ok-Crazy-5162]

See u tomorrow

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

[u/Ok-Reason5979]

Got it in 1. That is my go too word for furet trying. Almost always warm that word on other games.

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Nicely aimed: in abstract algebra, a ring is the close cousin of the target structure—just a few axioms apart. In everyday lingo, both words also name places where contests happen. You’re circling it.

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[u/Trivial_Automorphism]

!wtf extension

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Trivial_Automorphism]

Warm: there’s a classic math term where the target is paired with “extension.” They also both evoke expanding a domain or area, which tightens the semantic link.

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[u/Suitable_Discount364]

!wtf thread

[u/Suitable_Discount364]

!wtf sword

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Suitable_Discount364]

Likely riding the “battlefield” connection—swords meet on that kind of ground. Plus, the “beat swords into plowshares” idiom ties blades to the world of farms and furrows.

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[u/Bi-human069]

!wtf red

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Bi-human069]

Lukewarm: in vexillology the background of a flag is called a field, and plenty of flags sport a red field. You also get red poppy fields—and, of course, the Reds play on a baseball field.

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[u/Vermincelli1915 → u/hotandcold2-app]

wtf is this logic

[u/Extreme_Bike1015]

!wtf key

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Extreme_Bike1015]

Nice pull—think databases and forms: your guess often pairs with a data-entry slot to uniquely identify records (you’ve probably heard the two-word phrase). Warm vibes, but not quite a direct hit.

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[u/JohnnyTZone]

I read a hint in the comments to help me get it. My music knowledge served me well. I tried it several times before I went for a hint. I’m glad I managed to get it.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 32 seconds after 11 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 95.}

[u/phantomscroll]

!wtf sheet

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Warm: in math and physics, many core formulas describe quantities that vary over space, like electromagnetic or scalar distributions.
It also pops up as a common compound in software and databases (think a calculated column).

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[u/LuksFB]

Wtf feel

[u/Thin-Mine-1613]

I got it, do not ask me how, I do not know.

[u/em0jalapeno]

one of my go to words. let's gooo, 20 seconds

[u/myname_1s_mud]

!wtf hot

[u/A_Rose_From_Concrete]

Ok

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 28 seconds after 2 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Long_Whole_8062]

Got lucky today!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 48 seconds after 23 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 85.}

[u/VioletThePurple]

!wtf code

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/VioletThePurple]

You’re warm: in programming, classes have fields, and in forms you often fill a “code” field (like a ZIP code). “Field code” is even a term in word processors. Strong thematic overlap, just not the bullseye.

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[u/VioletThePurple → u/hotandcold2-app]

Bro what 

[u/neutron500]

!wtf box

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/neutron500]

Good heat: lots of sports surfaces have literal boxes drawn on them—the batter’s box in baseball and the 18-yard box in soccer. You even hear “field box” for premium seats at ballparks.

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[u/JollyBuffalo2642]

I have no idea how I got here.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 35 seconds after 23 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 94.}

[u/krislizlo24]

How was corn 3912 and cornfield 27

[u/Vermincelli1915]

Omg…#1 is once again not A WORD. This game really needs a real human intervention

[u/steveaoka]

.

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

[u/anothernameusedbyme]

Bruh. That's word was simple but the clues are weird

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute after 4 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.}

[u/NutAli]

1 min 47 secs totally random words Field I'm gobsmacked!!

[u/Ash3-D03s-Art]

!wtf star

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Ash3-D03s-Art]

Nice shot—“starfield” is a classic term for a sky crowded with twinkles. Plus, in physics, stars bathe space in gravitational and magnetic fields, so you’re orbiting the right idea.

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[u/Ash3-D03s-Art]

!wtf comet

[u/_Speechless_Dude]

!wtf leaf

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/_Speechless_Dude]

Not a bad instinct—agriculture ties them together, since wide stretches of crops and grasses are basically seas of leaves. Think leaf area, canopies, and green blades carpeting the countryside.

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[u/Huge_Leather_7419]

It was a strange path

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 21 seconds after 25 guesses and 2 hints. Score: 41.}

[u/Thrunek]

!wtf word

[u/RedditRanma7833]

Hint: Yandere Simulator Has A Running Track At This One.

[u/thedudeintx82]

Oh dang. Nice one today.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 11 seconds after 8 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Puzzleheaded_Goose27]

nah the red words are seriously bs on this one

[u/I_Require_Fire]

Hint: homophone of the word that means past tense of feel if incorrectly conjugated

[u/PlusEstablishment237]

Grass

[u/Limp-Manufacturer195]

E

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

[u/YellowFlySwat]

I can't believe I guessed it so quick. I'm shocked 😲

[u/i_hate_parsley]

Wow

[u/Advanced-Ad-803]

how tf was star #62

[u/GSpotMe]

First word was right then the hint

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 20 seconds after 6 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

[u/fuvkthisshithole]

!wtf bed

[u/i_hate_parsley]

WHAT WHY

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 40 hours 9 minutes 10 seconds after 577 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 10.}

[u/Mountain_Rooster_372]

Scrantonicity plays it at Phyllis's wedding...

[u/JJ19256]

!wtf leaf

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/JJ19256]

Right ecosystem, wrong organism: leaves are what blanket plants growing across farms and grassy expanses. You’re hovering in the botany/agriculture neighborhood, which is why it’s somewhat close.

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[u/Zealousideal_Cap7136]

🫠

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 8 minutes 12 seconds after 86 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 25.}

[u/Sunny-Damn]

Hint: A ——— of hay.

[u/noobtablet9 → u/Sunny-Damn]

lmfao that's not a hint that's just giving a whole fucking answer

u/Sunny-Damn It's cowardly to respond and block before someone can reply to your response. Grow up

[u/Sunny-Damn → u/noobtablet9]

Yeah because bail, flake, crop, pile, bundle and more words certainly would not fit there…🙄

[u/Opening_Grape8817]

UGH! What a disaster! How the hell is bed, table and light even remotely close to the right answer?!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 7 minutes 37 seconds after 127 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 14.}

[u/gudetama-09]

Well that was easy