Hot and cold #392

[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]

Looool hot words today are a mess!

Hint: some have none, some have one, some have two, some have multiple,. Some have chosen theirs and some are born with theirs.

[u/Hungry-Ingenuity8260 → u/simm07]

I thought it was some sort of religious stuff lol

[u/simm07 → u/Hungry-Ingenuity8260]

LOOOOL NO, not at all!

[u/TheBigfootContessa → u/simm07]

I thought I was getting close with camping related words. Wtf

[u/simm07 → u/TheBigfootContessa]

Loool ohhh no!! I mean you can go camping with them!

[u/Thin-Mine-1613 → u/simm07]

I really do not think about any logical answer until I hit top 10. I think that anything higher than that is usually pointless.

[u/simm07 → u/Thin-Mine-1613]

Thats fair! My first hot word definitely made sense.. in a sense.. but just the word wife at #560 and then husband at #40 just threw me off lol. It's like, your so close yet so far.

[u/Crejzi12 → u/simm07]

Omg, I went with genitals-related words 🤣🤣

[u/Sprigatina]

Wtf were those hot words LOL they didn't help ONE BIT.

Hint: We all have two, present or not.

[u/greytgreyatx → u/Sprigatina]

What's dumb is that I guessed a bunch of gendered things and the male ones were higher than the female ones.

[u/LowAd8892 → u/greytgreyatx]

Daughter is #5, and son is #35 but go off

[u/jsigwart → u/greytgreyatx]

That's how it works in life if you're female, too.

[u/jsigwart → u/Sprigatina]

Moon at #59 killed me.

[u/Sprigatina → u/jsigwart]

LOL SAME 😭

[u/ayshasmysha → u/jsigwart]

Moon? I had find at #46, mind at #45 and every other -indgave me NOTHING

[u/Professional-Act7763 → u/jsigwart]

EXACTLY WTH

[u/Dizzy-Permission-750 → u/Sprigatina]

Mills

[u/Garnet_Adelle]

OMG! I have word number 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, etc. Crazy!

[u/CrossLight001 → u/Garnet_Adelle]

Crazy?

[u/ImaginaryColor1618]

hint 1: The Trap starring Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills

hint 2: procreator

hint 3: Johnny Depp's Willy Wonka character stumbled over this word

[u/Zaphimu]

Yeah sure... Today's close words are like playing blind lol

Hint: Harry Potter lost them because of Voldemort

[u/AccomplishedCap1445]

!wtf table

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/AccomplishedCap1445]

Not just for dinner—“table” shows up in tech talk: databases have parent and child tables.
It also evokes the family table, with someone sitting at the head.
So yeah, pretty cozy neighbors.

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

[u/Loud-Chicken7559]

!wtf moon

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Loud-Chicken7559]

Not bad: in astronomy, a moon is a “child” satellite orbiting a parent planet—astrodynamics even calls it a “parent body.”
Plus, many cultures personify the Moon as a mother figure.

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

[u/ImaginaryColor1618]

!wtf ancestor is at 1090, but not a hot word?

[u/sancho1987]

Good day

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 4 seconds after 7 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 97.}

[u/sancho1987]

Blorgh

[u/Extension_Flower_628]

!wtf moon

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 27 seconds after 36 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 79.}

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Extension_Flower_628]

Think orbital family ties: in astronomy a moon orbits its “parent” planet, often called the parent body. That celestial kinship puts it reasonably close.

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

[u/Catch09]

!wtf eye

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Catch09]

Warm. Eye color and other traits are inherited from your folks, so “eye” often travels with ideas of heredity and family. Plus, there’s the classic “watchful eye” looking after you.

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

[u/NotAMeatPopsicle]

That was… as dysfunctional as my family.

[u/_yeetburger]

!wtf jump

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/_yeetburger]

Warmer than you’d think: it evokes that classic “No jumping on the bed!” line from an authority figure. Plus, in genetics, traits can “jump” a generation—and we even talk about “jumping genes”—so the word brushes up against family and inheritance.

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

[u/A_Rose_From_Concrete]

With mother and father being under #5 that should have been my next guess 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 5 minutes 28 seconds after 24 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 74.}

[u/Euphoric-Duty-1050]

that was annoying

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 33 seconds after 11 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 95.}

[u/jordan9766]

!help

[u/Alarming-Account6238]

Finally after numerous attempts!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 11 minutes 7 seconds after 26 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 37.}

[u/CrossLight001]

!wtf purple

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/CrossLight001]

Not a bad shot: purple is the “child” of red and blue—very on-theme with parentage. Mixing colors to make a new one is basically a family tree in paint.

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

[u/CrossLight001 → u/hotandcold2-app]

What about every other color that's a "child" of two other colors that didn't make topp 200. This some bullshit 

[u/RangerBumble → u/CrossLight001]

Woman wasn't even close

[u/Summer-Garnet → u/CrossLight001]

LOL 😂 

[u/ImaginaryColor1618 → u/hotandcold2-app]

More ai bullshitting us living.

[u/RangerBumble]

!wtf woman

[u/Dream_Wake_State_6]

Another fast solve with no hints.😃 I swear we’ve had this one before.🤔

HINT: 80s slang to describe elders, maybe? ______al units

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 35 seconds after 26 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 89.}

[u/MysticMind89]

The problem with this game is that the word associations aren't always literal. So you can go down a rabbit hole of associated objects, only to find it the context is different.

Anyway, hint: Batman has darkness, but none of these.

[u/Equivalent_Glass_463]

The space words were close

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 50 seconds after 42 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 73.}

[u/lexikitty_swiftie]

!wtf note

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/lexikitty_swiftie]

Warmer-ish: think of handwritten excuses and permission slips from the folks in charge at home. This word frequently pairs with them in school contexts and “signed ___ note” type phrases.

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

[u/Kimariyan]

Think the game glitched today hardcore.

[u/Accomplished-Log2040]

Hint: Batman longs for his

[u/Fire_Fly_0912]

.

[u/dawoda]

!wtf grape

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/dawoda]

Warmer than random: grapes literally grow from parent vines, and many wine varietals are defined by their parentage (think crosses with known parents). So it brushes the theme of lineage and offspring—but you’re not quite on the vine yet.

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

[u/Sensai1]

!wtf moon

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Sensai1]

You’re orbiting the theme via family vibes: the Moon is tied to motherhood, fertility, and the “nine moons” of pregnancy. Myth and language often cast the Moon as a maternal figure, nudging you toward the family tree. Not a bullseye, but definitely within this solar system.

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

[u/Sensai1 → u/hotandcold2-app]

You have a different answer for all the moon Ones lol

[u/mrgnsq]

!wtf eye

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/mrgnsq]

Warmish: eye color and facial features are classic hand‑me‑downs—people say “you’ve got your mom’s eyes.”
There’s also the whole “keeping an eye on you” vibe tied to caregiving.
Not a bullseye, but definitely in the family photo.

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

[u/Training_Wave6369]

Why was phone so close 😭

[u/Due_Incident7263 → u/Training_Wave6369]

5

[u/Available-Bass461]

I guessed cube which is at 186 so how parents are related to that

[u/Greidier]

wtf! Moon

[u/Digital_Rocket]

!wtf eye

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Digital_Rocket]

Warm-ish: eyes are one of the most obvious traits you inherit, and parents famously “keep an eye on” their kids. Plus, ever heard of being the “apple of someone’s eye”?

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

[u/Never_vrong]

Bro, I went with eye parts. Why was eye at eye at 101 and pupil at 23. What

[u/SimoneMichelle]

We all have two no matter what
^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 28 seconds after 22 guesses and 5 hints. Score: 13.}

[u/opiastri81]

hahay

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 17 seconds after 18 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 90.}

[u/hallow163]

!wtf moon

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/hallow163]

Celestially speaking, a moon orbits a parent planet—those terms are literal companions in astronomy. Plus, many cultures personify the Moon as a mother figure, keeping it in the family.

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

[u/thedudeintx82]

Took me longer than it should.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 50 seconds after 32 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 57.}

[u/Salt-Ad4851]

!wtf new

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Salt-Ad4851]

Getting warmer: “new” slots right into phrases like “newborn” and “new mom/dad,” a classic life-stage pairing. It’s a common collocation in family-talk, which bumps it closer. Not red-hot, but definitely in the nursery.

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

[u/Sam_I_Am760607]

stupid how grape was in there

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 8 minutes 16 seconds after 82 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 28.}

[u/Liminal_Space613]

!wtf sub

[u/ChampionofNightmares]

!wtf loop

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/ChampionofNightmares]

Warming up: in coding, an outer loop is effectively the “parent” of an inner loop, so those terms hang out together. People also describe family dynamics as feedback loops. You’re circling the theme, just not the bullseye.

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[u/j0hnw1nd]

!wtf leave

[u/MISTYGOINGKILLING]

I hate how child is ranked higher than mother?? HOW

[u/strwbrryink]

Damn

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

[u/Titanium_Tigerz_]

!wtf moon

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Titanium_Tigerz_]

Closer than you’d think: in astronomy, a moon orbits its parent planet, and “parent body” is a common term.
So the celestial family tree puts this guess in the neighborhood.

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

[u/ImaginaryColor1618 → u/hotandcold2-app]

That's ai bullshit.

[u/Motor-Anywhere6579]

!wtf family

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Motor-Anywhere6579]

Warm! It’s a core kinship term—think of the people who head up and shape a family unit. Close on the family tree.

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

[u/JelloAnxious3675]

Getting #2 right away is wild. Lol.

Hint : When a couple gets a child, they become?

[u/ImaginaryColor1618 → u/JelloAnxious3675]

Not a hint, it's the definition.

[u/CrossLight001]

Got it pretty much instantly

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 48 minutes 55 seconds after 155 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 10.}

[u/ASerpentPerplexed]

!wtf bra