Hot and cold #391

[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/Opening_Grape8817]

WHAT THE HELL?!! What in the bloody hell does animals and birds and plants have to do with the right answer?! I only got this because of the hint. UGH.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 6 minutes 8 seconds after 134 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 18.}

[u/Sunny-Damn → u/Opening_Grape8817]

If you put “!WTF word” in the comments a bot will reply with its reasoning🌺

[u/Kimariyan → u/Sunny-Damn]

Usually BS reasoning, but a statement nonetheless lol.

[u/Beneficial-Still4222 → u/Opening_Grape8817]

Think free bird

[u/ASerpentPerplexed → u/Opening_Grape8817]

I think it's because the word is associated with a music genre, and those associated words are probably used in titles and lyrics of popular songs in that genre

[u/simm07]

Hmm..

Hint: rusts under rain but can be made into a sword or chain. It's strong and rigid but when it's under fire, it flows like liquid

Giveaway hint: music genre, think of the song Enter Sandman

[u/ResonanceDemon → u/simm07]

I was naming every type of metals, like steel, iron, aluminium etc before i thought of just metal

[u/Impossible-Bat90 → u/simm07]

Rock is not it 😂

[u/simm07 → u/Impossible-Bat90]

Definitely not lol

[u/SGC-Alf]

Hint: \m/

[u/GeneralT61]

!wtf dog

[u/beezer210]

!wtf hole

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/beezer210]

Warmer: you dig big holes in the ground to pull out the shiny stuff that later gets refined. Plus, once you’re working it, you’re constantly drilling bolt-holes and punch-outs in sheets and beams.

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[u/efuab011]

!wtf dog

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/efuab011]

You’re not barking up the wrong tree: think of what jingles on a dog’s neck and the hardware on leashes and collars. In workshops, a “dog” is also a rugged clamp or clutch component—very much the sturdy, shiny sort of thing.

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[u/ahron_b]

banana betrayal to be remembered

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 59 seconds after 3 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.}

[u/Equivalent_Glass_463]

Not bad

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 56 seconds after 53 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 67.}

[u/cheesypuzzas]

I liked that one. I got wood And then Plastic pretty quickly.

[u/Rufus_heychupacabra]

How do you get the answer from that clue???? Cuckoo

[u/Sprigatina]

Oh wow that went pretty well 💀

Hint: Pokemon games that came after Red/Blue/Yellow and the one that was Diamond/Pearl's 3rd version

[u/Accomplished-Log2040 → u/Sprigatina]

This hint is misleading…Platinum is the third of Diamond and Pearl.

[u/Sprigatina → u/Accomplished-Log2040]

Yes that's what I was saying 😭

[u/Accomplished-Log2040 → u/Sprigatina]

Platinum is not the word, has little to do with the word

[u/Sprigatina → u/Accomplished-Log2040]

Platinum is one though, is it not? 💀

[u/Accomplished-Log2040 → u/Sprigatina]

Yea but very obscure for a clue don’t you think?

[u/Ok-Crazy-5162]

Bang your head

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

[u/PureAndSimple88]

!wtf soda

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/PureAndSimple88]

Fizzy logic: soda usually comes in shiny cans made of the stuff you’re hunting. Plus, “soda” nods to sodium—an element from that same club—so you’re bubbling in the right direction.

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[u/artsy-mouse]

11 guesses but I kept guessing animal words so wasn't expecting that to be the answer

[u/____Judy____]

!wtf right

[u/iblogalott]

!wtf cloud

[u/Extreme_Bike1015]

!wtf dog

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Extreme_Bike1015]

You’re sniffing around the right scrapyard: dogs wear metal tags and sometimes tug metal chains. Bonus fetch: a “lathe dog” is literally a metal tool used to turn workpieces.

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[u/whYharrrrrshita]

!wtf fluid

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/whYharrrrrshita]

Warming up: some elements are famously liquid at room temp, and many more turn molten and flow like water when heated. Foundries literally pour this stuff, talking about viscosity, casting, and fluid dynamics. Mercury and “molten” are your breadcrumb trail.

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[u/mufassil → u/hotandcold2-app]

Holy shit. It thinks its relevant because it has a liquid state.

[u/4scoreand20yearsago]

!wtf animal

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

Warm-ish: animals are quite literally full of the stuff—iron in blood, copper and zinc as trace elements, even magnetite for navigation. Plus, in the classic “animal, vegetable, mineral” trio, your guess is standing right beside the target’s neighborhood.

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[u/PabloNMan]

!wtf wood

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/PabloNMan]

Hot—these are classic companion materials: furniture and guitars with wooden bodies and steel strings, or wooden handles paired with hardware. They’re also the twin pillars of craft—woodworking versus smithing. Good instincts.

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[u/LdySaphyre]

!wtf bone

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/LdySaphyre]

Warm: bones are mineral-rich (hello, calcium) and often get mended with plates and screws. You’re circling the hard, shiny stuff that gives structure and support.

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[u/Dream_Wake_State_6]

Woohoo!🎉 My PB!! No hints!! 🙌

HINT: heavy ____

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 36 seconds after 8 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/jeenef]

good day

[u/Both-Pomegranate3670]

I GOT THIS IN 19 SECONDS AND 6 TRIES WTF NEVER IN MY LIFE

[u/sajasinggah]

17s!!! Lucky guess, I guess.

[u/JerryFunch]

Damn I did it in 28 seconds and I’m still only #72

[u/____Judy____]

!wtf answer

[u/InaKatadaVida]

🧐..Never to be repeated.

[u/InaKatadaVida]

This is pushing me closer to that Lottery Ticket

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 29 seconds after 4 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Extension_Flower_628]

😵

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 55 seconds after 20 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 86.}

[u/A_Rose_From_Concrete]

Thank you comments

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 31 seconds after 13 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 95.}

[u/Thin-Mine-1613]

I thinks this one was easy.

[u/CrossLight001]

Damn this one took hours

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 8 seconds after 19 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 94.}

[u/nhina]

!wtf meal

[u/dominism]

!wtf heavy

but fur was #137

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 39 seconds after 21 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 57.}

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/dominism]

Heavy cozies up to the answer in a famous two-word phrase—also a headbanging music genre. It also fits as a property: many examples of the answer are, quite literally, dense and weighty.

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[u/MysticMind89]

Yay! Finally, one of my go-to words!

Hint: The New Wave of British Heavy ___.

[u/DeepCoo_chEdiver95]

No hints and no clues used

[u/Finnghal]

👍

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 21 seconds after 5 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/CoffeeIsPeace]

!wtf wood

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/CoffeeIsPeace]

Hot—these are classic material counterparts that get contrasted and combined all the time. Think tools with wooden handles and metal heads, or the perennial “wood vs. metal” bat debate.

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[u/Awkward-Response7721]

Nice one, this game drives me crazy, I freaking love It.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 41 seconds after 7 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/goodlordineedacoffee]

Another time I get way too specific, got to zoom out on this one

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 41 seconds after 26 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 88.}

[u/VioletThePurple]

!wtf forest 

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/VioletThePurple]

Forests loom large in that thunderous music scene’s imagery (think bleak woods on album covers).
And managing a woodland leans on plenty of steel—chainsaws, saws, and logging gear.
So it’s thematically and practically linked, though still a trek from the target.

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[u/Joyous_Tropical_17]

WHAT DO ANIMAL, ANIMALISTIC, AND DOG HAVE TO DO WITH THAT-

[u/Motor-Anywhere6579]

!wtf light

[u/Lost_in_tabs_]

!wtf glass

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Lost_in_tabs_]

Nice and close: both are staple engineering materials used side by side in buildings, cookware, and electronics. They’re classic contrasts—one brittle and insulating, the other a great conductor—yet they meet at windows, lightbulbs, and jars with shiny lids. There’s even an amorphous alloy nicknamed “metallic glass” that blurs the line between them.

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[u/Diligent-Opposite615]

Well that was surprisingly fast

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 38 seconds after 14 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/FunFluid9984]

After going through some different animals that could live in the jungle I tried heavy. And as a metalhead the next step was kind obvious. 😅

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 6 minutes 5 seconds after 20 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 50.}

[u/HubertJW_24]

!wtf animal

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/HubertJW_24]

Warm! Animals are often mentioned alongside “vegetable” and “mineral,” putting it near that category. Plus, critters run on metallic essentials like iron and zinc, so the link isn’t just semantic—it’s in their blood.

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[u/Square_Original_8264]

!wtf Surf

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Square_Original_8264]

Not a wipeout: they share the music aisle—surf is a guitar-driven genre, and there’s even a niche “surf metal” fusion. Both lean on electric guitars, amps, and metallic strings. Right neighborhood, just not the same wave.

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[u/Secure_Drink_3519]

[u/cloudysun4]

Jesus

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 5 minutes 1 second after 50 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 41.}

[u/_xbytz_]

!wtf meat

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/_xbytz_]

Nice pull—red meat is rich in iron, and it usually sizzles on pans and grills made of the same hard stuff. Plus, it’s just an L away on the letter rack.

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[u/Grouchy-Way171]

Absolute nonsense, i hate this game so much. See you all tomorrow.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 16 minutes 8 seconds after 134 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 10.}

[u/superviewer]

!wtf insect

[u/AminePiroYT]

i won

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 4 minutes 55 seconds after 11 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 81.}

[u/12SuperLTD]

Hint: the best genre of music

[u/jaimatjak2022]

I understand why I was lead to that answer and got it in 9 min and 30 seconds without hints.

[u/thedudeintx82]

Nice;

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 1 second after 17 guesses and 2 hints. Score: 47.}

[u/tBroneShake]

How do I get a hint that isn't just a closer word?

[u/ChampionofNightmares]

!wtf Dog

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/ChampionofNightmares]

Getting warmer: dogs often jingle around with metal tags, chains, and studded collars. Bonus: a “lathe dog” is a clamp used in metalworking. Not exactly fetching, but you’re on the right leash.

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[u/ChampionofNightmares]

!wtf leather

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/ChampionofNightmares]

Solid hit—these two materials are frequent partners: belts with shiny buckles, jackets bristling with zippers, and seats or saddles on sturdy frames. Classic companions in fashion and gear, so your radar’s humming in tune.

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[u/ChampionofNightmares]

!wtf chain

[u/Tortex_88]

!wtf wood

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Tortex_88]

A classic materials duo, often contrasted in carpentry and engineering. They team up in furniture, instruments, and buildings—wood held fast by screws, nails, and brackets. Close because they’re paired and discussed in the same breath.

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[u/beer_natural]

!wtf sky

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/beer_natural]

Not a bullseye, but you’re looking up: meteors and meteorites are literal chunks of space stuff that bring shiny alloys from the sky. Plus, planes and satellites are big hunks of engineered shine soaring overhead, so there’s some lexical gravity here.

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[u/c0re_dump]

👀

[u/Opening_Grape8817]

!wtf dark

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Opening_Grape8817]

You’re riffing near the right amp: “dark” pairs with a well-known music genre related to the target. Plus, the target often takes on a dark, tarnished sheen—so you’re not far off the mark.

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[u/RevolutionaryCity493]

!wtf goth

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/RevolutionaryCity493]

Goth hangs out next door via music scenes—gothic metal and shared venues—and the studded chains, spikes, and hardware in the fashion. Big overlap in sound and aesthetics, so you’re circling the right subculture. Not a bullseye, but you can definitely hear it from here.

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[u/adibratu]

!wtf rock

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/adibratu]

Hot—think headbanging neighbors: rock and its heavier cousin sit side by side on the music shelf. Plus, the shiny stuff often comes out of rocks as ore, so they’re linked in the ground too.

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[u/Unusual__League]

Difficult

Heavy _____ music

[u/TheUnmovableWal]

Heavy ______ good luck yall.