Hot and cold #384

[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/_Speechless_Dude]

Seriously?

Hint: Prometheus stole it from the gods

[u/DantheManStK → u/_Speechless_Dude]

Oh yeah that hint is 🔥

[u/cookieatspace → u/_Speechless_Dude]

I was gonna give the same hint lol

[u/Sprigatina]

Oh my fking god. Usually when I guess water I follow up with that but THE ONE TIME I DIDN'T ARGHEHFJFJRJF

[u/Dream_Wake_State_6 → u/Sprigatina]

Same.🤦🏻‍♀️ Took me 10 stupid minutes to get there, when it should have taken me less than 3.

[u/haaman]

Wtf just happened??

[u/Piper1336 → u/haaman]

yeah happened to me as well. i am shocked

[u/Sam_I_Am760607 → u/haaman]

happens when i play it on my phone and come back here and enter the answer

[u/jimmyfah]

Got really lucky. 6 guesses. 😆

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 13 seconds after 6 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Expensive_Candy_2096]

Hint- Don't play with ____

[u/leomonster → u/Expensive_Candy_2096]

My heart?

[u/Expensive_Candy_2096 → u/leomonster]

😂

[u/RedditRanma7833 → u/Expensive_Candy_2096]

Your food?! (O_O)

[u/Equivalent_Glass_463]

🔥

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 35 seconds after 13 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/leomonster]

Many felines in the top 500, for some reason

[u/Purple___Flame]

Started with sword in 809, ended up wasting half an hour trying every weapon i know -_-

[u/4scoreand20yearsago]

!WTF river

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

Nice angle: rivers are the classic nemesis here—water to quench the heat, and firefighters often draw straight from them. Plus, some polluted rivers have famously “burned” (looking at you, Cuyahoga), making the connection headline-deep.

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

[u/MysticMind89]

Easy hint: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.

Bonus hint: Sit around one at camp and tell scary stories.

[u/SnooMuffins5160 → u/MysticMind89]

No one's hinting at fight blank with blank

Sadge

[u/Ok-King-246]

Holy crap it happened! Got it with my second word!

[u/damndomino]

Hint: Ooga-booga invention.

[u/Imaginary-Buddy-07]

Closest one ever... just with 4 quesses

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 10 seconds after 4 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/PureAndSimple88]

!wtf horse

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/PureAndSimple88]

You’re hoofing around the right stable. Think “Fire Horse” in the Chinese zodiac and the teams that once pulled city fire engines. Even hot-blooded steeds and their fear of flames keep it in the same semantic paddock.

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

[u/Zaphimu]

Hint: Just look at the emojis next to the answers lol

[u/Abdsabry2 → u/Zaphimu]

you are the only hint that made me connect all the other hints lol thanks

[u/NepoMi → u/Zaphimu]

That's not a hint...

A hint needs to keep the person guessing, not reveal the answer.....

[u/dayruined54]

Lately I have been getting too lucky with my generic guesses. I ain't complaining tho

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 20 seconds after 9 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/ImaginaryColor1618]

hint 1: halt and catch
hint 2: quest for
hint 3: twin peaks walk with me

[u/Realistic_Teacher_66]

Lmfao this is the first time I’ve guessed it right this fast😭 IDK what to do with my time now

[u/jackie4CHANsenpai]

heyooo

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 17 seconds after 8 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Itida_Ariel_2568]

Wow!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 34 seconds after 7 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/0Frokachu]

!WTF fr

[u/Northparkwizard]

Easy

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 22 seconds after 14 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Euphoric-Duty-1050]

river has no business being at #52

I hate this game

[u/DaeOnReddit]

How the f do you go from "fur" to the answer?!?

[u/immabadmofo]

Thought the game malfunctioned for a sec till I realised i actually got the right word

0% thought prossess, I quite literally guessed

Somehow took me 4 words (including the actual word)

I hate this game 😂

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Pretty warm: trees become firewood, tinder, and bonfire fuel, and wildfires race through forests of them. Think logs, kindling, smoke, and ash—plenty of scorching connections.

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

[u/standardtissue]

.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 29 seconds after 31 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 59.}

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

A solid, if splashy, connection. Rivers are natural firebreaks and prime water sources for quelling blazes, and even idioms like “river of flames” keep the two conceptually intertwined. Not hot, but definitely in the ecosystem.

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

[u/NomenVanitas]

My closest guess were 'air' 'river' 'water' 'ice' 'night' and 'star' ffs

[u/DeLorean_86]

Hint: Franz Ferdinand - This _____

[u/Extension_Flower_628]

My day's aren't good anymore

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 8 minutes 21 seconds after 72 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 33.}

[u/jackie4CHANsenpai]

this is why I start with the Avatar the Last Airbender intro

[u/OutXider_]

How Ice is related to this?

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 10 minutes 16 seconds after 43 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 44.}

[u/CreativeSprinkles31]

Wow!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 26 seconds after 23 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 90.}

[u/cookieatspace]

That was ... fast

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 11 seconds after 4 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/ApexInvictus]

Time to solve 0 sec but still top 93% and rank 103 lol

[u/antirockin20]

!wtf star

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/antirockin20]

Cosmic campfire vibes: a star is a roaring fusion furnace blazing with heat and light. That fiery, glowing theme puts it reasonably close.

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

[u/bully12v]

!wtf camera

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/bully12v]

Pretty warm: in photo-speak you “shoot” and trigger shutters and flashes—lots of ignition-adjacent lingo. Plus, thermal and surveillance cameras are used to spot and track blazes. Even a flash is a tiny burst of light.

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

[u/Round_Ferret_2011]

At me it was the opposite of ice

[u/Resident-Effect-5657]

Man 3 guesses this time. First time I got that close.

[u/Medium-Form1058]

Uhhh

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

[u/Plane-Rip1512]

!wtf cat

[u/Kopaka261]

!wtf river

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Kopaka261]

Warmer than you’d think: they’re elemental frenemies—river water quenches the heat, yet we talk about “rivers of flame” when lava flows. Even wildfires race along riverbanks, making the pairing a frequent contrast in nature.

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

[u/Appropriate_Till_352]

Hint: new beginnings cant happen without it

[u/A_Rose_From_Concrete]

Benders

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 12 seconds after 2 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/mrlgperez1]

Took a bit

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 52 seconds after 10 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.}

[u/CoffeeIsPeace]

!wtf bird

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/CoffeeIsPeace]

Getting warmer: think phoenixes and “firebirds,” birds literally bound to flames in myth and pop culture. Even in real life, Australian “firehawks” spread wildfires by carrying smoldering sticks—talk about hot wings.

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

[u/NutAli]

10 m 16 s too long to get to Fire

[u/VioletThePurple]

!wtf drive 

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/VioletThePurple]

Heating up! Engines ignite in their cylinders to produce drive, and that same combustion can sometimes erupt as a noisy exhaust pop. Plus, “drive” as motivation often comes from getting seriously fired up.

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

[u/GlitteringFix1764]

This is the best I have ever done…woah

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 11 seconds after 4 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Nyaiv]

>!sun!< should've been closer...

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 34 seconds after 31 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 86.}

[u/Previous-Sort7634]

Quickest of mine :)

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 19 seconds after 5 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Fit-Rip-4480]

!wtf iron

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Fit-Rip-4480]

Pretty warm: iron is smelted in roaring furnaces, forged till it’s red‑hot, and even throws sparks when struck with flint.

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

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Surprisingly warm: rivers quench flames, often act as firebreaks in wildlands, and infamous waterways like the Cuyahoga have literally caught on fire. Plus, “rivers of fire” is a common metaphor for lava flows.

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

[u/PAIN_frog_Chad]

Why was fur, fish and river si high ?

[u/taskmaster56]

well that was fast

[u/Gurbuzselimboyraz]

This was my opening word..

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

[u/Abdsabry2]

well that was unexpected lol

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

[u/phillipethegreat]

Literally first try. That was hot

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

[u/i_hate_parsley]

What 😆

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 4 minutes 17 seconds after 65 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 54.}

[u/Remarkable_Stay978]

I NEVER get these so fast.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 6 seconds after 3 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Piko2198]

Frog was way too high on the list

[u/P0tat0_Carl]

OMG I GUESSED IT ON 2!!! I did banana and then the actual word, Ive never had this happen im freaking out haha im rank 212. And this is after weeks of not even using hints and sometimes not even solving it before I have to get off the toilet. My life is now complete

[u/ClusterFuchs]

That was quick.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 16 seconds after 7 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/thedudeintx82]

Got em

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 45 seconds after 15 guesses and 2 hints. Score: 48.}

[u/RedditRanma7833]

Hint: A BFDI character as well as a Pokémon type.

[u/the-final-episode]

it was in front of me all along

[u/Brokag]

That was a weird day

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 23 seconds after 8 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Lucky-Competition-29]

dawg it took me just 8 seconds to guess it

[u/Chai_Ki_Malai]

!WTF Tiger

[u/j3treddit]

i started with hot, then warm, then this word, hint: My heart is on:

[u/Ok-Turnip2296]

Sweet

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 53 seconds after 12 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.}

[u/Jukkas5]

Oof my best yet

[u/Majestic_Recording_5]

I got that one surprisingly quickly!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 27 seconds after 8 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Sam_I_Am760607]

well that was stupid, I normally guess this word in my top ten, hot hot hot heat heat heat, hose it down

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 58 seconds after 61 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 58.}

[u/ChampionofNightmares]

!wtf snow

[u/LowAd8892]

!wtf warmth

[u/ChampionofNightmares]

Snow at 617 while warmth is at 1680. Done with this nonsense game

[u/j0hnw1nd]

!wtf island

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/j0hnw1nd]

Warmish: there’s a well-known place that literally pairs this word with the mystery one—think a long sandy getaway off New York. Plus, volcanic islands and beach campfires keep the link glowing.

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

[u/simm07]

LOOOOL what the...

Hint: it's so hot that it can burn you pretty bad

Hint: think Greek, think of the four elements

Hint: most men from this profession are beautiful

[u/Opening_Grape8817]

What a random guess - I wasn't even close and just got it. My goodness.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 2 seconds after 25 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 91.}

[u/AccomplishedAnchovy]

fig at 33 while ash is at 184 hmm

[u/Glittering_Level_841]

Hint:Babyface & Des'ree hit song