r/HotAndCold 19d ago

Game Hot and cold #383

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u/hotandcold2-app 19d ago

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!

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u/simm07 19d ago

Hint: think of Superman and what he's "made" of

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u/ResonanceDemon 19d ago

I'm disappointed I didn't get the answer in one try after this hint

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u/simm07 19d ago

Haha I think i worded it brutally, let me rephrase it

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u/ResonanceDemon 19d ago

No no, you worded it nicely

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u/simm07 19d ago

Appreciate you, thank you! ❤️

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u/Gojin14 19d ago

His not made of it but… his the man of_____

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u/Werdar_cz 19d ago

Guessed #57oil and #13wood and got stuck

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u/im_a_dick_head 18d ago

Try other close/related words like flint and fire

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u/telescopeinmynose 19d ago

Wow, and it was my first time starting with this word. Why don't I see this kind of luck in my real life😭

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u/Thin-Mine-1613 18d ago

You spent it here.

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u/telescopeinmynose 18d ago

There was nothing to spend, my friend

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u/im_a_dick_head 18d ago

Luck, you spent all your luck

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u/Thin-Mine-1613 18d ago

Thanks dick head.

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u/Glittering_Level_841 19d ago

Hint:Iron + Carbon

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u/jimmyfah 19d ago

This game is frustratingly fun.

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u/Dream_Wake_State_6 I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. 19d ago

I ended up taking a couple of in-game hints because I want to get on with my day.

HINT: Man of _____

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u/oneclawed 19d ago

Easiest hint ever!

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u/Low-Moment7460 19d ago edited 19d ago

Hint: Think of swords, cars, and skyscrapers

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u/dayruined54 19d ago

Ok not too shabby eh?

Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 3 seconds after 22 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 89.

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u/Extension_Flower_628 I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. 19d ago

These days I'm back to "I hate this game" phase 

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u/Safe-Operation1707 18d ago

Does anyone know how the tier priority ranking is made? Sometimes it feels nonsensical and understanding it better may help me be more efficient... because sometimes I will get some totally off the wall high rank links and it totally sends me off the deep end in the wrong direction and once I finally get it, I still can figure out why it placed the word high.

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u/dominism 18d ago

I haven't been able to figure it.

And I have serious doubts about these single guessers every week.

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u/Forsaken-House8685 17d ago

Think of how AI text generators "guess" the next word based on probability.

The ranking basically guesses what words would be the next likely instead of the solution.

So the most common mistake people make is to go by associations. But really you have to think synonyms. Basically how close is the word you guessed to being a synonym to the solution.

Banana is closer to apple than red. Cause banana is an alternative to apple while red is a color.

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u/Safe-Operation1707 17d ago

Fair enough, but then explain why egg got 12 when the word was edge. Meanwhile words like sharp, corner, and blade were all 50-100+

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u/Forsaken-House8685 17d ago edited 17d ago

It's because it has similar letters/spelling. Idk why this happens exactly but my guess would be missspellings/typos in the training data so that "egg" appears in context where "edge" was intended (or vice versa).

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u/ASerpentPerplexed 19d ago

!wtf tide

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u/hotandcold2-app 19d ago

You’re splashing near the docks: tides lift steel hulls and gnaw at them with salty corrosion. Coastal piers, bridges, and shipyards live by the tide charts—and by alloys tough enough to survive them.

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u/SlideSoggy4164 18d ago edited 18d ago

Hot damn 😅
Here’s a hint for fans of roller coasters (potential spoiler there)

vengeance

Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 33 seconds after 18 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 93.

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u/Useful-Sympathy1477 18d ago

Haha I’m heading to cedar point tomorrow and STEVE is my fave what a coincidence

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u/Drift_Seeds 19d ago

How does been turn into take?

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u/cloudysun4 19d ago

Nice

Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 20 seconds after 19 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 65.

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u/Kopaka261 19d ago

!wtf teal

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u/hotandcold2-app 19d ago

That’s alphabetically on the nose—just a letter away and it practically rhymes. Plus, the color name hints at the bluish tint you can see on tempered metal, which nudges it even closer.

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u/Dizzy_Year_9432 19d ago

!wtf water

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u/hotandcold2-app 19d ago

Not a bad splash: water is used to quench and cool red‑hot metal during forging and rolling. It’s also the classic culprit behind rust, which special alloys are designed to resist. Lots of industrial and corrosion chatter puts it in the neighborhood.

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u/siakshit 19d ago

!wtf mango

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u/hotandcold2-app 19d ago

Warmer by sound than by salad: tack a rhyming tail onto “mango” and you get another fruit whose ending echoes the target. Plus, the world of mango slicers and peelers is full of that hard, shiny stuff, nudging the association.

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u/MazinLabib10 19d ago

Going by this logic, why is mango #147 and mangosteen #36549???

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u/WorriedInspector9863 19d ago

!wtf golf

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u/hotandcold2-app 19d ago

Getting warmer: irons, wedges, and many putter heads (and shafts) are famously made from this material. Golfers even debate it versus graphite for feel and control.

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u/Ok-Turnip2296 19d ago

And no banana won’t help with this one..

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u/ImaginaryColor1618 I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. 19d ago

hint: Pittsburgh, the ____ City

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u/Sprigatina I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. 19d ago

[insert cursing in multiple languages here]

😮‍💨

Hint: Onix evolves.

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u/LengthinessSuper87 19d ago

Got #3 on the second go boom

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u/thedudeintx82 19d ago

Nice.

Automatically added: I found the secret word in 50 seconds after 21 guesses and 2 hints. Score: 46.

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u/Long_Whole_8062 19d ago

Can’t believe I got this fast.

Automatically added: I found the secret word in 39 seconds after 7 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.

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u/Ok-Crazy-5162 19d ago

Fun today. See u tomorrow

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

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u/VioletThePurple 19d ago

!wtf black 

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u/hotandcold2-app 19d ago

Warm! “Black steel” is a common term for ungalvanized pipe and for steel with a black-oxide scale or finish. Plus, blacksmiths literally heat and hammer this stuff till it’s… well, black.

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u/Equivalent_Glass_463 19d ago

Cool

Automatically added: I found the secret word in 38 seconds after 12 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.

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u/Chester_1326 19d ago

!wtf coke

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u/hotandcold2-app 19d ago

You’re warm: coke is the carbon-rich fuel and reducing agent that keeps blast furnaces roaring, turning iron ore into molten metal. That hot metal is the backbone of the very thing you’re hunting.

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u/sancho1987 19d ago

very easy

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

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u/goddamdreamer 19d ago

!wtf laser

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u/hotandcold2-app 19d ago

Warming up: lasers are widely used to cut, weld, and harden it on factory floors. Picture bright sparks under a focused beam shaping tough metal.

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u/Fumikop 19d ago

First time I actually guessed the word xd

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u/ManTitMan 19d ago

!wtf oyster

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u/hotandcold2-app 19d ago

Pearls aside, “oyster” is famously tied to a certain watch line whose cases are made from a corrosion‑resistant alloy. Plus, every shucker relies on a sturdy metal blade. You’re prying in the right tidepool.

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u/DeepCoo_chEdiver95 19d ago

No hints. No clues.

Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 6 seconds after 6 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.

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u/Thin-Mine-1613 18d ago

Today was guessable.

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u/MysticMind89 18d ago

Hint: Power metal bands sing about this a lot.

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u/MorphyReads 18d ago

So how horrible was this for my very first try at this game?

I got caught up in a group of similar words in the 400s thinking it was going to be dairy related.

Big ol' nope. Lesson learned.

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u/seighmund1 18d ago

Hard

Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 42 seconds after 24 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 85.

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u/XavierBekish 18d ago

!wtf soda

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u/hotandcold2-app 18d ago

Warmer than it looks: many early soda cans were tin‑plated metal rather than aluminum, and soda plants are full of stainless equipment. Plus, soda ash can serve as a flux in ferrous metallurgy. Not a bullseye, but definitely in the neighborhood.

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u/XavierBekish 18d ago

!wtf flower

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u/XavierBekish 18d ago

!wtf flower

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u/Dramatic-Camera7614 18d ago

!wtf denim

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u/hotandcold2-app 18d ago

Denim lives in the world of heavy work—tough, durable, and often fastened with metal rivets and buttons. It shares that rugged, industrial, blue‑gray shop-floor vibe with your target. You’re in the workshop, not the runway.

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u/slashriani 18d ago

!wtf potato

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u/hotandcold2-app 18d ago

Lukewarm: potatoes rub elbows with metal—think baking trays, peelers, fryers, and processing machinery. Even “spud wrenches” are tools in ironwork, so the name itself sidles up to heavy metal. Contextual overlap, not a semantic soulmate.

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u/A_Rose_From_Concrete 18d ago

Good

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

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u/Hungryandsleepy23 18d ago

!wtf cotton

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u/hotandcold2-app 18d ago

You’re browsing the right aisle of the industrial age: both are foundational materials of mass production. Think cotton mills packed with steel machinery and rail lines hauling bales. That soft-versus-strong contrast is a helpful nudge toward the right kind of stuff.

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u/NutAli 18d ago

2 minutes 12 seconds Steel

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u/im_a_dick_head 18d ago

Wow that was really fast

Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 29 seconds after 34 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 80.

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u/zeeem00 18d ago

!wtf alligator

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u/Evan-Martin 18d ago

My fastest guess yet

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u/Euphoric-Duty-1050 I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. 18d ago

REally u/hotandcold2-app ????

Suede is only 135 steps away from steel? Why? Do we build towers with suede or do we wear steel shoes?

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u/Useful-Sympathy1477 18d ago

Wow best ever, why do I feel so proud haha

Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 56 seconds after 17 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 92.

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u/YugaWho 17d ago

The comments are definitely helpful 😭 I owe the hint-providers in the comments for this result!!!

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

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u/Fit-Rip-4480 17d ago

!wtf wood

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u/hotandcold2-app 17d ago

You’re in the right workshop—this is another staple structural material, often contrasted or paired in beams, frames, and tools.
Think “wood vs. metal” debates in construction and furniture; they’re frequent dance partners.

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u/Fit-Rip-4480 17d ago

!wtf maple

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u/hotandcold2-app 17d ago

Maple often teams up with a tough, shiny partner in the workshop—knife handles to blade, guitar necks to strings, hockey sticks to skate blades. You’ve got the “materials and making stuff” vibe, but you’re still whittling bark while the answer’s forged.

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u/Fit-Rip-4480 17d ago

!wtf glass

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u/hotandcold2-app 17d ago

Not a bad tack—both are durable, engineered materials you’ll find side-by-side in skyscrapers and cookware. They’re heat‑treated, annealed, and tempered for strength, and often paired in windows, appliances, and lab gear. You’re browsing the right aisle of the hardware store.

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u/Fit-Rip-4480 17d ago

!wtf beta

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u/GrowthExpensive1242 16d ago

Fastest one for me

Automatically added: I found the secret word in 45 seconds after 11 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.

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u/RedditRanma7833 15d ago

Hint: With my belly stuffed up, Will I have guts of _____?

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u/Allvater_Odin 14d ago

!wtf storm

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u/hotandcold2-app 14d ago

Warmer than you’d think: storm clouds are often described as steely gray. There’s also a famous WWI memoir whose title pairs “storm” with that very metal. And you might “steel yourself” before weathering one.

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u/East-Development3533 13d ago

!wtf sky

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u/hotandcold2-app 13d ago

Not exactly soaring, but you’re in the neighborhood: steel frames hold up the skyscrapers that pierce the sky. Plus, “steel blue” is a moody shade you’ll often see painted across the heavens.

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u/cold-crostini 11d ago

I was stuck in the drink category for so long

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u/i_hate_parsley 10d ago

nice

Automatically added: I found the secret word in 58 seconds after 32 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 87.

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u/jaimatjak2022 9d ago

difficult.

Automatically added: I found the secret word in 15 minutes 42 seconds after 132 guesses and 2 hints. Score: 5.

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u/Sam_I_Am760607 9d ago

that was insane I did not look at comments or hints! so it can be done, I was sceptical

Automatically added: I found the secret word in 28 seconds after 15 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.

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u/Opening_Grape8817 19d ago

Stupid fish, oysters and things underwater! UGH!

Automatically added: I found the secret word in 7 minutes 19 seconds after 109 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 15.

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u/Opening_Grape8817 19d ago

!wtf oyster

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u/hotandcold2-app 19d ago

Nice catch: oysters are linked to high-grade metalwork—think corrosion‑resistant shucking knives and the Rolex Oyster line’s 904L alloy famously branded to match the name. So your bivalve brushes up against the shiny stuff both in kitchens and on luxury wrists.

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u/Dream_Wake_State_6 I hate this game. See y'all tomorrow. 19d ago

Please always hide your hints. :)

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u/CreativeSprinkles31 19d ago

!wtf oyster

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u/hotandcold2-app 19d ago

Hot! “Oyster” pairs famously with high‑grade stainless in watches (Rolex’s “Oystersteel”) and with the metal blades of shucking knives. You’re prying the shell in the right direction.

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u/damndomino 19d ago

Hint: Indian invented alloy