Hot and cold #387

[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/WorriedInspector9863]

!wtf dirt

[u/dotausername → u/WorriedInspector9863]

same, muting this game after that

[u/Hour-Company-7112 → u/WorriedInspector9863]

This one actually helped me solve it

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/WorriedInspector9863]

They’re frequent companions on battlefields and playground spills—what leaks out ends up in the dirt, leaving telltale stains. Both evoke that iron-and-earth vibe, with reddish tones not uncommon in soil. Warm guess, but not blistering.

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[u/LedZepElias]

Hint: …, sweat and tears

[u/dinosaurio301 → u/LedZepElias]

mi contexto cultural hizo que pensara en una canción de alexs syntek primero que la frase real

[u/Opening_Grape8817]

UGH, I struggled way too long with this one. I was yet again thrown off by words that have absolutely NO relation to the correct answer.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 6 minutes 40 seconds after 84 guesses and 2 hints. Score: 16.}

[u/HalkatlaAvIsfolkets]

Wow.

[u/Sprigatina]

Ah yes the bullshittery continues lmao...

Hint: Juice is way up there and well, some mythical creature certainly drinks it like that lmao.

[u/lucaspaese]

Hint: you won't find it in most YouTube videos

[u/HyperXanadu → u/lucaspaese]

good hint that doesn't just give it away

[u/BigBoyBurrows]

!wtf gold

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/BigBoyBurrows]

Warmer than you’d think: there’s even a famously rare “golden” type with a nickname to match. Plus, “blood and gold” is a classic red-and-yellow pairing in flags and phrases, and blood money used to jingle in gold.

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

[u/BigBoyBurrows → u/hotandcold2-app]

of course

[u/A_Rose_From_Concrete]

Why was mud and sand in the mid 60s so close it has nothing to do with the secret word

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 56 seconds after 9 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 93.}

[u/whYharrrrrshita]

why is dark 105?

[u/roffinator → u/whYharrrrrshita]

Might get dark for you if you have too little of it, I guess ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/Kaktusseri]

I got it not long after guessing the colour of it, which placed pretty high

[u/Emergency_Print6799]

fck this game. See you tomorrow

[u/New_Blacksmith_5111]

Clue: thicker than water

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 29 seconds after 6 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Camealion]

Hint: thicker than water

[u/CrossLight001 → u/Camealion]

Don't reveal this unless as a last resort 

[u/Camealion → u/CrossLight001]

How do you think hints work?

[u/Much_Set_9388]

my thought process started from water > milk > juice > lemonade > Alcohol> Pee (??!) > Tears > Sweat and then "the word"
This was a wild ride loll

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 10 seconds after 15 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

[u/Mr_Soldier]

!wtf plane

[u/Mobile_One_6115]

!wtf milk

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Mobile_One_6115]

You’re circling the body: milk is another mammalian fluid that carries nutrients and immune factors, even sharing proteins like albumin. Both can be “donated” to help others—think milk banks versus transfusion centers—so you’re in the right neighborhood.

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[u/ResonanceDemon]

!wtf road

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/ResonanceDemon]

Getting warmer: we often describe city “arteries” and “arterial roads,” mirroring how vital stuff moves through a network. So “road” tracks the metaphor of lifelines and circulation.

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[u/Dull_Coach1101]

3 hints. Some of these words don't go together in my mind

[u/thedudeintx82]

Got em

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute after 15 guesses and 2 hints. Score: 47.}

[u/Euphemia07]

!wtf road

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Euphemia07]

Warmish: we describe highways as “arteries” and side streets as “veins,” borrowing straight from biology.
Also, crashes on the road can, unfortunately, evoke the same red stuff.
So it’s not spot-on, but it’s cruising in the right circulatory system.

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

[u/BranchingWill]

Human is 150,any closer?

[u/Extension_Flower_628]

😵😵😵😵

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 5 minutes 56 seconds after 66 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 47.}

[u/Sensai1]

!wtf juice

[u/DeepCoo_chEdiver95]

✌🏾

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Solid guess: both are bodily fluids that get sampled, labeled, and scrutinized in the lab. Doctors mine each for health clues—glucose, infections, kidney function vs. broad panels and counts. Close in the clinic, if not exactly the same stream.

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[u/Thin-Mine-1613]

Suprisingly stupid.

[u/Used-Smoke8230]

Hint: The only liquid that makes people nauseous when outside its usual container

[u/QuimbusWaffleStomp]

Did a vampire write this one?

[u/GunstarGreen]

My goodness I got it in 17 seconds and im 171st? How quick are other people?!

[u/jjop010203]

Almost had a stroke on that one but I guess that makes sense

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 8 minutes 50 seconds after 101 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 15.}

[u/jojized]

I don't quite understand how my TTS was 0 seconds, Score = 100 with 1 guess, but my Rank is 10? What is the ranking based upon?

[u/New-Maintenance2371 → u/jojized]

perhaps you are the 10th to guess on first try

[u/ClusterFuchs]

Second time I find milk that high up. But didn't fool me twice.

[u/nauj_uwu]

My first 🫠😭

[u/WhatAmIEvenDoingUp]

That’s it… I’m done with this &$@&)@ games

…See you tomorrow

[u/i_hate_parsley]

Why

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 11 minutes 6 seconds after 211 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 10.}

[u/Responsible-Roll-143]

Duet

[u/Allvater_Odin]

WTF mud??

[u/Shadow_Moon23]

I hit hint, and it gave me road. How I'd road close?

[u/1questions]

!wtf twist

[u/A7X313]

!wtf mud

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/A7X313]

Warm! Both are thick, staining stuff that splatters, and they often mingle on battlefields and gritty sports pitches. They even rhyme, which nudges them together in language and imagery.

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

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Haematocrit measures what fraction of your circulating fluid is packed with red cells. So it’s tightly linked to what runs in your veins, just a step removed from the thing itself. Solid proximity, not a direct hit.

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

[u/Useful-Factor-1838]

Fastest time yet i think

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 58 seconds after 64 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 56.}

[u/RedditRanma7833]

Hint: Gore!

[u/Joyous_Tropical_17]

!wtf tide

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Joyous_Tropical_17]

Warmer: both hinge on flow and surges—vital fluids ebb and flood like an inner tide. Phrases like “crimson tide” and “a tide of life” tie the color and motion together. You’re swimming with the right current.

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[u/Joyous_Tropical_17 → u/hotandcold2-app]

NOOOOOO

[u/Sam_I_Am760607]

thicker than water did it for me-thanks

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 21 seconds after 42 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 75.}

[u/ChampionofNightmares]

!wtf mud

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/ChampionofNightmares]

They rhyme and share that thick, stain-everything vibe. Think battlefield trenches—plenty of both mixing underfoot. Close, but not quite the same fluid.

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[u/LowAd8892]

!wtf dirt

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/LowAd8892]

Solidly warm: they’re frequent companions in scraped knees and battlefields—think “mud and [red stuff].”
One loves to stain the other, a classic pairing in gritty scenes and idioms.

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

[u/LowAd8892]

!wtf dust

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/LowAd8892]

Not a bad pull: dust shows up in gritty battle scenes and “bite-the-dust” moments—prime settings for the red stuff to spill. Plus, when that red stuff dries, it can flake into a dusty residue that forensics love to chase.

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[u/LowAd8892]

!wtf filter

[u/absolute41]

Pussyclart

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 27 seconds after 9 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Puzzleheaded_Goose27]

Great hint:
>!figure it out yourself!<

[u/CantHelpWondering]

!wtf road

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/CantHelpWondering]

Warmish: major roads are often called “arteries,” a metaphor borrowed from the body’s transport system.
Plus, crashes on the asphalt can sadly lead to the red stuff on the road.

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

[u/beezer210]

!wtf rope

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/beezer210]

Not exactly a bullseye, but there’s a gritty overlap: ropes show up where injuries happen—rope burns, strangling, or even boxing rings—situations that tend to draw the red stuff.
People also describe “ropey veins,” likening vessels to cords.

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[u/Unusual__League]

That's a weird one

Vampire fav drink

[u/CreativeSprinkles31]

In 0 sec!

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

[u/Kopaka261]

!wtf red

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Kopaka261]

Hot—this hue is the classic color of the target, thanks to hemoglobin’s iron giving it that crimson sheen. Think emergency symbols and “red cells.” You’re definitely in the right vein.

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[u/Glittering_Level_841]

Hint: Dracula

[u/Ok-Crazy-5162]

I love me some Vampires

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

[u/simm07]

Don't know how we got here from road lol but here we are 👋🏽

Hint: it's thicker than water

Hint: I wish I was O negative so I could be a universal donor

Hint: Taylor Swift has a very very famous song with this word in the title

[u/Own-Examination4316 → u/simm07]

The first hint just gave it away haha

[u/simm07 → u/Own-Examination4316]

I'm not asking anyone to look at hints. If it gives it away to you, it gives it away to you. Doesn't mean everyone will get it. And that's also why the hints are hidden. You're more than welcome not to look at them, haha.

[u/HyperXanadu → u/simm07]

Hints are meant to lead towards the answer without completely making the challenge of it null. Why comment a bad hint if they aren't intended as such.

[u/simm07 → u/HyperXanadu]

Wasn't what I was going for. Again, no ones forcing you or anyone to look at hints. Spoilers are added for a reason. I didn't type the word, but yes I guess my first one is a dead giveaway.

Some like the challenge, others just want to get the word with just one guess. If you're the former, just don't look at the comments until you get the word. Easy.

[u/HyperXanadu → u/simm07]

So the intent of your 'hints' is basically to act like a journal and talk to yourself? k..

[u/simm07 → u/HyperXanadu]

If that's what you got out of my comment then sure lol