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This the rule, it should not be hyphenated if it doesn't come directly before the noun.

If you want to join two descriptors together you would hyphenate them. The sentence without the hyphen implies you asked for a water bottle that was physically hot.

Repress is a different word meaning to subdue or restrain. Re- is the hyphenated prefix meaning to do something again.

If a word is already hyphenated it is only appropriate to break it up at that hyphen.

The phrase "year old" is hyphenated when it is an adjective coming before a noun.

You only hyphenate years old when it is an adjective before a noun.

While blank-ly is the syllabic break down of blankly, one cannot separate in a way which leaves ly beginning a new line.

a-non-y-mous is the syllabic breakdown, but you cannot hyphenate 1 letter at the beginning or end when splitting a word up so anon-y-mous is the correct answer.

Compound numbers such as twenty-six are always hyphenated. The author is not well known, is an example where well-known is not hyphenated. The suffix elect is always hyphenated, i.e. the mayor-elect.

All-inclusive is correct because all- is a mandatory hyphenated prefix. President-elect is correct because -elect is a mandatory hyphenated suffix. Under-wear is incorrect because it's simply a compound word. A-frame is correct because prefixes of capital letters are always hyphenated.