Hot & Cold Semantic Word Game
Hot & Cold is a free daily word game where meaning beats spelling. Every guess gets a heat rank from 🧊 freezing to 🔥 blazing. The closer you are in meaning, the hotter you run. Like Wordle, but semantic.
Play now →Daily puzzle
One new secret each UTC day. Sign in to claim your spot on the global leaderboard, or play anonymously.
Endless practice
A fresh secret every round. Practice as much as you want between dailies.
Challenges
Share a link and everyone in the room plays the same secret. Room options live in the app.
Challenge a bot Mobile only
The bot runs on your device, so it works with no connection at all. Available in the iOS & Android app.
How to play
- Type a common noun. Guesses check against a curated dictionary, so plain everyday words work best.
- Watch the heat. Every guess gets a rank against the whole word list, where #1 is the secret itself. Lower numbers run hotter, bigger numbers run colder.
- Follow the gradient. Hotter than your last guess means you're on the right track. Pivot when you cool down.
- Solve the secret. Type the actual word to win.
Learn the game
- How to play Hot & Cold. The full guide to heat, ranks, hints and scoring, with a worked example round.
- Strategy & tips. How to open wide, read the heat gradient, and tell when a hint is worth its cost.
- What is a semantic word game? Like Wordle, but for meaning: how word embeddings power the heat meter.
- FAQ. Quick answers about the daily word, scoring, accounts and offline play.