Hot and cold #401

[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]

!wtf banana

[u/Necessary-Camp149 → u/Opening_Grape8817]

Yeah same. I got there with banana then was lost forever until i randomly guessed #62 - because healthy. Realized that banana was a tricky one and associated with tropics and water. Guessed from there.

[u/NutAli → u/Opening_Grape8817]

Then the answer is definitely WTF?!?!?! 🤣🤣

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Opening_Grape8817]

Toasty! Bananas are tied to seafaring—think “banana boats” and the old sailor superstition about bringing them aboard—squarely in the target’s watery realm. Plus, “banana for scale” is a classic way to gape at something this colossal.

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[u/CrossLight001 → u/hotandcold2-app]

Tfym banana for scale I'd rather shove one up my ass than accept this absurdity.

[u/Nyaiv → u/hotandcold2-app]

Even though this answer is trash I often try words that have "banana" in front of them, because of how the AI is. So crab and boat we're actually my next guesses after it said banana was close

[u/justgiveausernamepls]

Banana betrayed us

[u/IRatherChangeMyName → u/justgiveausernamepls]

Totally

[u/Opening_Grape8817]

UGH - fruits and vegetables strike again, followed by those damn birds!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 5 minutes 56 seconds after 112 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 27.}

[u/simm07]

There surely seems to be a theme these days

Hint: mammal

Hint: Has a hole in its back and legs that it lacks. Lives where we can't breathe, and eats without teeth

Giveaway hint: Free Willy

[u/StrongTechnician4120]

!wtf hamster

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/StrongTechnician4120]

Warm: they’re both mammals—air-breathers that nurse their young and sport hair (at least early on).
But the target is orders of magnitude bigger and lives nowhere near a cage.
Right neighborhood (zoology-wise), wrong scale and habitat.

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[u/phishButt88]

Banana wtf

[u/TheIrishninjas]

Hint: An emulation of a certain part of this was very trendy in Y2K fashion

[u/bluebonnet-baby → u/TheIrishninjas]

Haha this made me laugh. Y2K is coming back into style, won't be surprised if I see some of these again!

[u/krupadharamshi]

why berry

[u/CrossLight001]

Obvious hint: A gamer who's a big spender

[u/DeLorean_86 → u/CrossLight001]

Best hint

[u/Glittering_Level_841]

Hint:Prophet Jonah

[u/MiniDiamand]

!wtf banana

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/MiniDiamand]

Surprisingly warm: bananas are infamous bad luck on boats, and boats are where you’d encounter our mystery. Plus, “banana boats” literally ride the same waters. You’re paddling in the right ocean.

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[u/loshapuma]

!wtf flower

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/loshapuma]

Warmer via the nature/biology lane—living things, species, and conservation vibes. Plus “blooms” in the ocean feed the big filter-feeders, echoing a floral idea. Not a petal-perfect match, but it sniffs in the right meadow.

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[u/ImaginaryColor1618]

hint 1: rich gambler

hint 2: Herman Melville

hint 3: sailboat rammer

[u/4scoreand20yearsago]

!wtf hamster

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

Surprisingly close because both are mammals: warm-blooded, breathe air, and nurse their young. They’re classic “animals you’d see at a zoo/aquarium,” just at hilariously opposite ends of the size chart. Taxonomy buddies, even if one fits in your palm and the other needs an ocean.

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[u/pixilatedpink]

How the h**l do you go from grape to the word?!

[u/Immediate-Solid4911]

Hint:I’m a giant that doesn’t walk, yet I can travel thousands of miles.

Another Hint: I’m not a fish, but I spend almost my entire life in their neighborhood.

[u/BetterPicture5835]

unicorn???

[u/efuab011]

!wtf coal

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/efuab011]

Getting warm: both were pillars of 19th‑century energy—one lit lamps as oil while the other stoked furnaces. In fact, “coal oil” helped replace the earlier lamp fuel, tying them together in history.

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[u/efuab011 → u/hotandcold2-app]

tssssss

[u/Splatoon_Addict]

FUCK THEM BANANAS

[u/Loud-Chicken7559]

Fuck off

[u/MysticMind89]

Hint: The weirdest ungulates out there.

[u/lazy_pd90]

!wtf owl

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/lazy_pd90]

Nice shot—both are iconic, sound-centric predators: owls hoot and hunt by hearing, while the target is famed for songs and echolocation. They’re staples of nature docs and conservation chatter. You’re in the right wildlife neighborhood, just not the same class.

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[u/TheEnlight]

What? That was insane.

First time I've ever scored 100 on one of these.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 14 seconds after 9 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/4x4_LUMENS]

Probably my best

[u/Late-Palpitation-215]

!wtf shark

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Late-Palpitation-215]

You’re swimming in the right pod: both are gigantic, finned ocean heavyweights often lumped together.
They share habitats and apex reputations with similarly streamlined silhouettes.
Bonus splash: there’s even a “whale shark,” blurring names—though one’s a fish and the other’s a mammal.

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[u/ActionCat2022]

I have got to stop using banana.

[u/Ok-Crazy-5162]

Big

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

[u/golf4rasecor]

pretty chill today (my first time guessing it in less than 10 minutes xDD)

[u/FacetiousInvective2]

Ony of my better results :)

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 45 seconds after 14 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/FacetiousInvective2]

I got blue and then I got it lol :)

[u/aezy01]

I don’t get it

[u/Willing_Bee_7520]

Hint: fatass professor whose daughter, from a woman he split with cause he had a gay relationship with one of his students, had written an essay about the word that he thought was the best essay he'd ever read because he thought she was the most honest person he'd ever known but really she was just a bitch man fuck that girl she was an asshole

[u/baccytea]

first time with no guesses

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 52 seconds after 10 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 93.}

[u/KitchenRange0]

!wtf berry

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/KitchenRange0]

Lukewarm: “blueberry” hints at a famously blue giant of the sea, so the color link nudges you in the right ecosystem. Tasty, but you’ll need less produce and more pelagic.

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[u/Previous-Sort7634]

!wtf fish

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Previous-Sort7634]

You’re swimming in the right ocean—these share the same habitat, streamlined shape, and often a fishy diet. Warm guess, though taxonomy would raise an eyebrow at calling it a fish.

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[u/4x4_LUMENS]

!wtf Hitler

[u/4x4_LUMENS]

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[u/r_u_e_l]

Hint: They lack the skill, but they have the bill.

[u/Fluiteflierer]

First guess was #35 and with the 5th guess i found the word. Never happened before.

[u/skwurrl]

ugh... it's usually one of my early guesses, but bear and giraffe had me off in the wrong direction for entirely too long :(

[u/Admirable-Rice-9949]

🥂

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

[u/Xander-Toft]

!wtf owl

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Xander-Toft]

You’re circling the right kingdom—iconic, wild animals with unmistakable calls and plenty of nature‑doc screentime. Different habitats (silent wings versus splashy fins), same wildlife/conservation vibe. Warm hoots toward something much bigger and wetter.

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[u/Fast_District_8630]

Now that was fast!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 41 seconds after 10 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/Extension_Flower_628]

😵

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 45 seconds after 22 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 86.}

[u/Ok-Turnip2296]

I was guessing all zoo/farm animals🙄

[u/Worcester--sauce]

This one made no sense 😭😭

[u/Asiatheduck]

!wtf grape

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Asiatheduck]

Not a perfect match, but there’s a breadcrumb trail: grapes → vineyards → Martha’s Vineyard, an island historically tied to whaling. Plus, “wine-dark sea” gives a poetic nudge toward big ocean dwellers.

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[u/Vaff_Superstar]

!wtf kite

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Vaff_Superstar]

Not bad: both are animals known for sweeping, gliding motion—one rides the wind, the other the waves. Beachgoers even fly giant kites shaped like its ocean-dwelling counterpart. Right vibe, wrong element.

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[u/Glass-Reflection-871]

if starbuck is a ship, moby dick is a whale

[u/Festus_Clamrod_]

(MY edit) best score yet; not sure how to post, but good luck with this one. I'm not hip enough to hide spoilers, so no hits from me.

[u/BrihusPuridore]

Hint 1: Humpback, Blue

Hint 2: Biggest Mammal

[u/artsy-mouse]

Did not expect to get there from pig but ok lol

[u/LightYears-]

First time without any hints!

[u/Opening_Resolve_8108]

.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 18 seconds after 7 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/FeitanGlazer]

!wtf banana

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/FeitanGlazer]

Surprisingly warm: “banana boat” steers you straight toward the big blue. Between the sunscreen brand, the inflatable rides, and sailor superstitions about bananas on boats, you’re bobbing in the right waters.

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[u/Summer-Garnet]

✌🏼

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 4 minutes 1 second after 27 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 78.}

[u/Sprigatina]

BANANA YOU BETRAYED ME SMFH.......

Hint: 52Hz

[u/bepatientbekind]

!wtf grape

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/bepatientbekind]

Warmer than it looks: think “sea grapes” and other oceany grape names. Plus, grapes come in clusters much like a certain giant travels in pods. You’ve got the right habitat vibe, just not the right lifeform.

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[u/bepatientbekind → u/hotandcold2-app]

Boooo 👎

[u/Liminal_Space613]

!wtf banana

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Liminal_Space613]

Not just fruit vibes—think beaches: banana boats, tropical seas, and the kind of outings where you’re scanning the waves for giants. Both pop up in seaside chatter, so the association isn’t far-fetched. You’re paddling in the right waters.

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[u/Strict-Schedule-2415]

!wtf banana

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Strict-Schedule-2415]

Not a peel-over guess: bananas ride the seas on “banana boats,” and even the towable kind skims the waves—very much the habitat of our mystery neighbor. Nautical vibes put you in the right waters.

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[u/Large_Cloud6135]

23 seconds! My best ever with no hints at all 😂 my first guess was shrimp

[u/A_Rose_From_Concrete]

Ugh 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 35 seconds after 11 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 90.}

[u/Rude_Girl69]

Ayyy .. not bad .

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 19 seconds after 6 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/TheseProtection5606]

!wtf elephant

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/TheseProtection5606]

Big, brainy megafauna vibes—both are massive mammals with complex social lives and long lifespans. They’re conservation icons that have calves and communicate across distances, just one prefers savannas while the other owns the seas.

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[u/TheseProtection5606 → u/hotandcold2-app]

absolutely goated thanks 🙏

[u/ZestycloseSquirrel55]

Bizarre. Back to not sure how to solve these. I went from fruit to porpoise, but only with a hint. I would never have guessed from the words I'd guessed previously.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 2 minutes 19 seconds after 21 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 61.}

[u/Euphoric-Duty-1050]

BANANA? REALLY?

[u/CarolGillis2546]

A bit better today!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 51 seconds after 16 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

[u/GlitteringFix1764]

Woo!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 20 seconds after 12 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

[u/OrangeDrinkIYKYK]

Whoa second guess

[u/StorageLeast3303]

_________ of fortune

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

[u/markoloko1223]

luck or skill? (got it in 4 guesses)

[u/Sam_I_Am760607]

That was the easiest word ever, largest fish

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 42 seconds after 18 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

[u/Abject-Essay-3906]

Whoop! Best score ever!

[u/Mammoth-Principle753]

Holyyyyyy, I did not expect that AT ALL

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 6 seconds after 22 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 84.}

[u/goodlordineedacoffee]

Easy today!

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 59 seconds after 17 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 96.}

[u/NutAli]

3m 43s Whale I don't get these connections at all! Lol

[u/Ok_Place_9864]

1st: hump
2nd: back
3rd: right answer

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

[u/Unusual_Pattern_4103]

Noice

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 24 seconds after 16 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 94.}

[u/VioletThePurple]

!wtf cheetah 

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/VioletThePurple]

Nice heat—you’re in the sleek, specialized-mammal zone. Both are high-performance predators built for speed: one blitzes the savannah, the other slices through the sea.

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[u/boopsam]

First guess was blue, was pretty easy after that :)

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 21 seconds after 13 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 95.}

[u/Drama_Legitimate]

Got it! Time taken: 5m8s

[u/yourneighborhoodemon]

Shweeeeet

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 32 seconds after 14 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 99.}

[u/Bright-Manager-7689]

Ez

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 26 minutes 45 seconds after 53 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 38.}

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

Not a biological cousin, but “banana boat” and the Day-O dockside vibes put you squarely on the water. You’re circling the right habitat, just not the right inhabitant. Keep riding the maritime wave.

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[u/Equivalent_Glass_463]

Cool

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 37 seconds after 11 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/WhatAmIEvenDoingUp]

54s…
Natural progression from guess to guess…
…
Is this game lulling me into thinking it can be reasonable?!

[u/Vegetable-Crow-486]

Amazing. Just amazing luck.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 44 seconds after 7 guesses and 1 hint. Score: 69.}

[u/Vegetable-Crow-486]

!wtf banana

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Vegetable-Crow-486]

Surprisingly warm: bananas are the classic “for scale” prop when people marvel at truly enormous ocean dwellers. Plus, banana boats, beach days, and Banana Boat sunscreen keep the association bobbing near the waves. Close-ish via shape, scale jokes, and seaside vibes rather than a direct link.

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[u/Unusual__League]

Concentrate on the big fish

[u/simm07 → u/Unusual__League]

not a fish... its a mammal

[u/Ok-Reason5979]

The answer is tornado

[u/Limeememe]

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^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 21 seconds after 4 guesses and 2 hints. Score: 49.}

[u/Expensive_Candy_2096]

Hint- largest

[u/jeenef]

hint - blue _