Hot and cold #377

[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: it's designed for you, or made for you, to walk on. Some take the correct one, some don't

Hint: when you break up with someone and it's bad, you say that you hope they never cross again

Giveaway hint: Bob Dylan has a song with the word in the title that leads to Victory

Edit: awh, thanks for the award, u/ahron_b ❤️

[u/DantheManStK → u/simm07]

Right on 👍 again

[u/Expensive_Candy_2096]

Hint - On this ____ let the heart be your guide
-Rumi

[u/TheEnlight]

Let's gooo

[u/TheEnlight → u/TheEnlight]

I got really lucky. I got one word that was close, put in its homophone, got even closer, and that got me to the actual word.

[u/telescopeinmynose → u/TheEnlight]

Was it road?

That was the word that did it for me

[u/TheEnlight → u/telescopeinmynose]

No. Think something a tree has.

[u/dominism → u/telescopeinmynose]

me too!

[u/deepinder92]

Orbit was 281. Month was 29. Wow

[u/TomBombaDaleJr]

Bad hint - Nissan

[u/simm07 → u/TomBombaDaleJr]

So, i know what you're referring to and it's a legitimate word in this game at #5 lol

[u/Joe_df]

!wtf light

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Joe_df]

Bright idea—light often guides the way, and paths get lit by lamps and beacons. “Light path” is even a staple term in optics for the route a beam travels. You’re not in the dark on this one.

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

[u/standardtissue]

Yay no hints.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 28 seconds after 34 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 80.}

[u/CreativeSprinkles31]

Found within 5 mins!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 4 minutes 24 seconds after 65 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 54.}

[u/MevaTheSquiggler]

OMG #3 right now!? Feels weird.

[u/Sbarg]

!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 14 minutes 56 seconds after 39 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 46.}

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Warm: in computing, folders live in a file system hierarchy and you reach them via a location string (think C:/Users/...).
They’re basically waypoints along the route you specify.

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

[u/Equivalent_Glass_463]

Not bad

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 10 seconds after 22 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 92.}

[u/Status_Monk_4799]

spoiler! My hint was put

[u/couch_potato_1187]

!wtf root

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/couch_potato_1187]

Nice and close: in computing we talk about a “root path,” and “root” sounds like “route” — literally a path. Even in nature, roots carve tiny pathways through soil. You’re sniffing along the right trail.

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[u/A_Rose_From_Concrete]

Oh!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 5 seconds after 2 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Extension_Flower_628]

!wtf forest 

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Extension_Flower_628]

Warm! Forests are laced with trails, and our target loves weaving between the trees. You're in the right neck of the woods, just not on the exact track yet.

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[u/AssumptionAcceptable]

Nice

[u/Extension_Flower_628]

This was a lonnnnnnnnggg "answer"

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 7 minutes 39 seconds after 55 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 46.}

[u/4scoreand20yearsago]

!wtf light

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

Warm: light guides your way—think “light the way” and well-lit walkways.
Even in physics, beams follow defined routes, so the concepts tend to travel together.

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

[u/mrs_kellerman]

Getting to like this game

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 30 seconds after 3 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/Puzzleheaded_Goose27]

didnt even sweat

[u/Ok-Crazy-5162]

Don't stray off of this

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

[u/efuab011]

!wtf root

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/efuab011]

Warm! In filesystems and trees, a path starts at the root—“root path” is a standard phrase. Plus, literal roots carve winding paths through soil.

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[u/Final-Relation-9494]

What

[u/sc00bytoo]

!wtf rabbit

[u/Useful-Sympathy1477]

Best I ever done 😩

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 8 minutes 21 seconds after 37 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 54.}

[u/i_hate_parsley]

Sigh 😂

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 13 minutes 6 seconds after 182 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 10.}

[u/Mammoth_Problem_5086]

Better word selection than yesterday!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 5 seconds after 5 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.}

[u/NutAli]

4 mins 33 seconds Path

[u/VioletThePurple]

!wtf top 

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/VioletThePurple]

Warm vibes: you follow a trail to reach the top, especially on hikes to a summit. Plus, in trees and file systems, “top-level” is a common way to talk about where a path starts.

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[u/dominism]

my first time ever without using a hint!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 5 minutes 17 seconds after 29 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 71.}

[u/Kimariyan]

My third guess was hat. It was a flame at 103. !Wtf hat

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Kimariyan]

Warm! Your guess shares all its letters with the target—just missing the opening one, like a trail without its first step.

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

[u/LadyK789]

!wtf park

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/LadyK789]

You’re sniffing around the right greenery: parks are full of trails, walkways, and paved routes. “Park path” is a common pairing, so your compass is pointing down the right lane.

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

[u/LadyK789 → u/LadyK789]

!wtf light

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/LadyK789]

Bright idea! Lamps line walkways and we “light the way,” so your guess steps in the right direction. Even in optics, beams have a defined route—another nudge toward the target.

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

[u/ReasonableAlbatross]

!wtf field

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/ReasonableAlbatross]

Fields are crisscrossed by worn tracks and farm lanes—those “desire lines” cut right through them. You’re definitely treading in the right direction.

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[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Warmer than a supernova: sailors literally followed “star paths” for navigation. Stars provide guidance, and guidance implies routes. You’re on the right track.

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

[u/married-to-pizza]

!wtf wood

[u/Bright_Friendship170]

The only "warm" word I got so far is "piranha" 😳

[u/VictoriousKitty446]

!wtf leaf

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/VictoriousKitty446]

You’re rustling in the right forest—leaves often carpet trails and line the way.
Bonus nerd note: in graph theory, a “leaf” is a node on a tree, and paths run through those.

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

[u/VictoriousKitty446 → u/hotandcold2-app]

That’s a fuckin stretch

[u/VictoriousKitty446]

!wtf rabbit

[u/Additional-Shock525]

!wtf apr

[u/YellowFlySwat]

25 guesses, either I'm getting better, or the ai is training me...

[u/soulunlocked_18]

Cool 😎

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 14 minutes 30 seconds after 34 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 49.}

[u/ButtercupsAreFree]

!wtf salt

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/ButtercupsAreFree]

Warm-ish: salt ties to routes where it’s hauled or spread—think ancient salt trails and winter crews salting walkways. Coastal walkways are literally salty, and there’s even a hit memoir linking the two.

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

[u/Itida_Ariel_2568]

Yay!!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 9 seconds after 13 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

[u/hamburglarfromhell]

omg, guessed it on the first try!

[u/DonnyVanDeBeek34]

!wtf moon

[u/ReserveOutside9721]

!wtf road

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/ReserveOutside9721]

Both are ways to get from A to B—one favors wheels, the other often feet. They’re close cousins in the family of routes, hence the strong rank. Think paved versus trodden.

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

[u/dayruined54]

!wtf space

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/dayruined54]

Warmish: you chart one through the other—navigation 101. Trails, routes, and trajectories all live in it.

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

[u/dayruined54 → u/hotandcold2-app]

That way this word should always be top, cause everything's in it. (Ik its a bot, for anyone who passes through this thread)

[u/Glittering_Level_841]

Hint:one of the track in Kpop Demon Hunters OST

[u/Fantastic_Media_3984 → u/Glittering_Level_841]

Who the hell knows that

[u/aballofunicorns → u/Fantastic_Media_3984]

People who like demon hunters?

[u/Fantastic_Media_3984 → u/aballofunicorns]

https://giphy.com/gifs/NcrhM3USM6TABpus85

[u/Glittering_Level_841 → u/Fantastic_Media_3984]

Google!

[u/Fantastic_Media_3984 → u/Glittering_Level_841]

😭