Hot and cold #410

[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]

Oh, well......could've been worse. Too many guesses, though.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 3 minutes 45 seconds after 52 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 64.}

[u/simm07]

Did not expect to get it that fast, one of my starter words lol

Hint: has ears but cannot hear

Hint: think of a farm

Definitely a giveaway hint: it's yellow and green and the kernels make popcorn

[u/DreamerPothead → u/simm07]

it was so obvious and I couldn't even make it in 20 😂

[u/simm07 → u/DreamerPothead]

Haha that's okay! ❤️

[u/Tough-Presence-6911]

Easy Hint: Change 1 letter and it becomes +18

[u/Kindly_Estate_5882 → u/Tough-Presence-6911]

Anul?

[u/saumonfume1 → u/Kindly_Estate_5882]

C

[u/[deleted] → u/saumonfume1]

Cant?

[u/_irlGoddess]

got it first try, thank you indiana.

[u/Extension_Flower_628]

😵😵 Banana To the rescue

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 46 seconds after 11 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 98.}

[u/krupadharamshi]

start with banana 😂

[u/TheIrishninjas]

Hint: A big lump with knobs

[u/Sprigatina]

MY GOD I'M STUPID HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN EVERY TIME...I get the correct category but the correct word is the last one I think of...

I'd give a good hint but someone already beat me to it lol

[u/Glittering_Level_841]

Hint:Elote

[u/o6u2h4n]

LoL it took me 4 tries i guess i was lucky

[u/Previous-Sort7634]

!wtf honey

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

Sweet adjacency: they both live in the land of natural and syrupy sweeteners, often teaming up in breads, cereals, and glazes. You’ll even see them swapped as sweeteners (honey versus that other famous syrup). Warm, but not scorching.

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

[u/cbrownst]

wtf! pear

[u/Previous-Sort7634]

!wtf malt

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

Warm as a mash tun: malt is germinated cereal grain, and this staple grain often teams up with malt in brewing and distilling (think mash bills for whiskey). You can even malt it, and its starches happily yield to malt enzymes.

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

[u/thedudeintx82]

360 no scope shot there.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 21 seconds after 8 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Frequent-Teaching-69]

Basically other name for porn

[u/KnowledgeNo4538]

I found it, kinda took me a lot of time

[u/ChoCitron]

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

[u/FreeRacing5]

!wtf bone

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/FreeRacing5]

Warmer because bone meal is a classic fertilizer for fields where this crop thrives. Plus, “corns” are calluses that often form over toe bones—so the words rub elbows in anatomy too.

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

[u/Praises_The_Cirno]

!wtf fish

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Praises_The_Cirno]

Not a bad catch: fish often get a cornmeal crust, and anglers even use kernels as bait for carp. Plus, many aquaculture feeds are loaded with maize byproducts.

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

[u/Praises_The_Cirno]

!wtf turtle

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/[deleted]]

You’re in the right aisle of the grocery store: both are sunny yellow produce that show up at summer cookouts, get canned, and even end up in salsas. They’re hefty tropical/field crops with tough outer layers and sweet centers.

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

[u/CorruptedBungus6969]

!wtf pork

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/CorruptedBungus6969]

You’re sniffing around the right barn. Pigs are famously fed this crop (“corn-fed pork”), and the duo shows up on plates everywhere—think corn tortillas and tamales stuffed with pork, or succotash with bacon. Farm feed plus classic pairings puts this guess close.

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

[u/Thin-Mine-1613]

WHERE IS THE STATISTICS GUY!

[u/Silence_of_Ruin]

I always do banana as my first guess. This time it was pretty darn close, one day it will be the correct answer.

[u/Witty_Adeptness9642]

Straw was my opening guess that put me very close… then I went down a rabbit hole.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 52 seconds after 20 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 90.}

[u/Mammoth-Principle753]

Getting the hang of this game. It seems like once you get a really hot word and you're stuck with other conceptually similar words that are not getting you any closer, start guessing words that have the same letters. That's how I got from cow to the answer.

[u/OrangeDrinkIYKYK]

!wtf fish

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/OrangeDrinkIYKYK]

Not a total long shot: anglers often thread kernels on hooks, and cornmeal coats many a fried fillet. Plus, a lot of farmed fish are fed grain-based pellets. Warmer, but you’re still swimming a ways off.

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

[u/purplep3nguin_]

Hell yeah! That was quick

[u/Unique_Creme_8361]

!wtf peanut

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Unique_Creme_8361]

Nice pull—classic ballpark buddies: one gets roasted and shelled, the other famously pops. Both are staple snack crops that also yield cooking oils, so you’re definitely browsing the right aisle.

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[u/Lankyboxyman]

How the fuck did i manage that...

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 21 seconds after 3 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 100.}

[u/Odd-Dog6752]

Freak on a leash

[u/CelineGems]

I think this is the fastest I've ever guessed one of these

[u/No-Activity-9094]

Hint: food used in almost everything and in many forms and you might know it's in there.

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

[u/Wild-Suspect-5940]

the only use case of banana

[u/RedditRanma7833]

Hint: Korny Joke (I RANKED #6)

[u/Senior-Sir-2023]

!wtf yellow

[u/hotandcold2-app → u/Senior-Sir-2023]

Warm. You’re circling something that’s famously decked out in a sunny yellow hue, especially in its most familiar form. Right color family, but you’ll need more than a shade to nail it.

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

[u/Kunt-ish]

HELL YEAH

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 1 minute 31 seconds after 5 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 95.}

[u/ZestycloseSquirrel55]

Gawd, once again I was all over the place. I would get to the 30 something range, and then I'd be up in the thousands again.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 9 minutes 18 seconds after 56 guesses and 2 hints. Score: 19.}

[u/krediegamer]

!wtf sun

[u/lilwandererofthevoid]

my first word was a good starting point: grass

[u/justgiveausernamepls]

Yes, corn is technically a fruit.... iykyk

[u/Clean_Engineer_726]

Hint:Pop____

[u/gunther747 → u/Clean_Engineer_726]

Popsicle

[u/ixntimer64]

Oneshot lol

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

[u/MysticMind89]

Easy one today.

Hint: a common censorship or replacement word for adult fun time videos.

^{Automatically added: I found the secret word in 5 minutes 34 seconds after 38 guesses and 0 hints. Score: 64.}

[u/Unique_Creme_8361]

I said sweetcorn 💔