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going by yesterday’s puzzle it only has “in”, “of”, “is”, “had” and “over”, far fewer than the regular version, which has the conjunctions and all prepositions.
(yesterday’s puzzle also had “we”, “de” and “die” for some reason, I assume they were glitches)

also, the first part of my username is “breast”, not “beast” - it’s a long story

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Saturday, 29 July 2023 21:23 (ten months ago) link

Lol whoops, sorry!

I solved Redactle #480 in 108 guesses with an accuracy of 76.9% and a time of 00:14:44. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

I only got this because of my occasional studying for a trivia league; being American (and an agnost), I don't think I've ever learned about this before.

Albert Canoe (Leee), Sunday, 30 July 2023 16:54 (ten months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #480 in 232 guesses with an accuracy of 69.4% and a time of 01:00:18.

yay! I actually got it! managed to get out some knowledge that had lodged in my brain several decades ago

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Sunday, 30 July 2023 18:09 (ten months ago) link

re: regular vs test Redactle: I forgot to mention the articles (uncovered in regular, hidden in test)

unexpected words uncovered in the test version of today’s puzzle: “we”, “de”, “Der”, “van” (der), “want”, “Al” (beginning to suspect some Dutch interference here)

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Sunday, 30 July 2023 18:19 (ten months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #480 in 24 guesses with an accuracy of 83.33% and a time of 00:25:15.

lucked into the first word, was trying 'of war'; dredged up the first though doubt I'd have been able to say what it was if you'd asked beforehand.

a holistic digital egosystem (ledge), Monday, 31 July 2023 07:56 (ten months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #481 in 4 guesses with an accuracy of 75% and a time of 00:03:29.

trojan was not the smartest first guess.

a holistic digital egosystem (ledge), Monday, 31 July 2023 16:47 (ten months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #481 in 24 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:07:40.

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Monday, 31 July 2023 17:03 (ten months ago) link

I solved Redactle #481 in 88 guesses with an accuracy of 80.7% and a time of 00:07:22. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

lol all the hits for China and Japan made me think this was the Chinese Civil War, the difficulty rating really should've clued me in earlier.

Albert Canoe (Leee), Monday, 31 July 2023 18:20 (ten months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #481 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:00:52. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/

Worked out it was a war straight away. Thought of Vietnam at first, but has a letter too many. Only other post WW2 war I could think of was Korea.

Dan Worsley, Monday, 31 July 2023 18:34 (ten months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #482 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:07:36.

third guess lucky

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 16:10 (ten months ago) link

I solved Redactle #482 in 8 guesses with an accuracy of 87.5% and a time of 00:00:46. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

Albert Canoe (Leee), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 19:48 (ten months ago) link

wasn't sure I'd get to play today as my phone was in my pocket when the canoe I was in capsized. luckily it seems to be ok.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #482 in 1 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:08:07.

failed redactle 101 by not spotting it was an element but then saw (go) over (like) a (lead) (balloon)

a holistic digital egosystem (ledge), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 08:40 (ten months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #483 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:01:59.

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 16:17 (ten months ago) link

I gave up on Redactle #483 after 273 guesses. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

Well done, bc!

Albert Canoe (Leee), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 18:20 (ten months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #483 in 4 guesses with an accuracy of 75% and a time of 00:16:30. Hints used: 3

a holistic digital egosystem (ledge), Thursday, 3 August 2023 12:15 (ten months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #484 in 7 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:00:41. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/

LOL

Dan Worsley, Thursday, 3 August 2023 16:12 (ten months ago) link

the uncovered alternative name looked like it was in Aramaic script (or thereabouts) and it appeared to be an (ancient) something. further down it said ‘IS’, for what might very well be (Islamic State), at which point I immediately thought of the site in question, which was in IS territory for some time. checked if the solution was indeed a 7-letter one, and it was.

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Thursday, 3 August 2023 16:39 (ten months ago) link

(about yesterday’s puzzle)

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Thursday, 3 August 2023 16:40 (ten months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #484 in 7 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:01:04.

all you need is LOL

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Thursday, 3 August 2023 18:11 (ten months ago) link

re: 483 I guess I outed myself for not paying attention to the news?

Albert Canoe (Leee), Thursday, 3 August 2023 19:48 (ten months ago) link

I solved Redactle #484 in 23 guesses with an accuracy of 91.3% and a time of 00:01:57. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

Sigh.

Albert Canoe (Leee), Thursday, 3 August 2023 19:54 (ten months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #484 in 7 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:05:09.

first thought was mrs. beaton, took me an age to scroll down and see 'being for the benefit of mr. kite!'

a holistic digital egosystem (ledge), Friday, 4 August 2023 07:48 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #485 in 35 guesses with an accuracy of 85.71% and a time of 00:27:15.

thought this had something to do with (a means of) transportation at first - and also wrongly assumed the last word had one letter more

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Friday, 4 August 2023 17:31 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle #485 in 9 guesses with an accuracy of 77.8% and a time of 00:01:29. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

Just like a 7-letter word in the article name should automatically suggest "history," I really should've taken fewer than 7 guesses to figure out the right 3-letter word.

Albert Canoe (Leee), Friday, 4 August 2023 18:56 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #485 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:00:55.

a holistic digital egosystem (ledge), Friday, 4 August 2023 20:45 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #486 in 42 guesses with an accuracy of 64.29% and a time of 00:19:31.

took me about 20 guesses to get there from 'marriage'

a holistic digital egosystem (ledge), Saturday, 5 August 2023 16:24 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #486 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:08:01.

my way in was the repeated (capitalized) “Against”-containing phrase, which made me think of a law or somesuch to fight a Bad Thing, like discrimination. then the term came to me, and it seemed to fit the parameters - and the rest is, as they say, a UN declaration

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Saturday, 5 August 2023 17:56 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle #486 in 253 guesses with an accuracy of 71.1% and a time of 00:27:59. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

Albert Canoe (Leee), Saturday, 5 August 2023 19:59 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #487 in 4 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:02:07.

open goal and I blasted it over the bar

a holistic digital egosystem (ledge), Sunday, 6 August 2023 19:14 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle #487 in 34 guesses with an accuracy of 94.1% and a time of 00:04:37. Play at https://test.redactle.net/en/487

I solved Redactle #488 in 94 guesses with an accuracy of 87.2% and a time of 00:08:37. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

I only know of two American WW2-era generals!

Albert Canoe (Leee), Monday, 7 August 2023 17:21 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #488 in 6 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:09:14.

had to cheat, no way I was going to get his name.

a holistic digital egosystem (ledge), Monday, 7 August 2023 19:12 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle #489 in 97 guesses with an accuracy of 61.9% and a time of 00:05:42. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

Thought it was math at first, then something biological (eye, head, etc.).

Albert Canoe (Leee), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 19:54 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #489 in 337 guesses with an accuracy of 73.29% and a time of 01:08:17. Hints used: 3

thought I was actually going to get this technological thing after I had uncovered the second and third word, but I couldn’t think of the first one, had to cheat

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 21:10 (nine months ago) link

is it crt? it's saying I've done this one before.

a holistic digital egosystem (ledge), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 21:22 (nine months ago) link

yep, altho I did a failed attempt at “Voodoo-Ray tube” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7vxHOCeiQ4

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 21:30 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #490 in 5 guesses with an accuracy of 80% and a time of 00:03:34.

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 16:16 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle #490 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:00:38. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

Stinkface for today's subject.

Albert Canoe (Leee), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 17:57 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #490 in 5 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:14:48. Hints used: 2

i had to take the hints because 'confederated' would insist on being 12 letters long. i'm not american ok.

crutch of england (ledge), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 18:23 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #491 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:01:37.

why are they doing this to us

crutch of england (ledge), Thursday, 10 August 2023 17:02 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #491 in 4 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:11:45.

ha ha ha, thought it made me very smart that I had correctly picked up on that (—-)-a-(——) thing, but it hadn’t occurred to me this would be about a “person”, I only looked at the header again after I had wasted guesses on the (—-) part and the state in question. deplorable!

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Thursday, 10 August 2023 19:54 (nine months ago) link

I echo ledge's sentiment.

I solved Redactle #491 in 79 guesses with an accuracy of 81.0% and a time of 00:05:56. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

Albert Canoe (Leee), Thursday, 10 August 2023 22:36 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #492 in 57 guesses with an accuracy of 64.91% and a time of 00:34:00.

right

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 August 2023 17:52 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #492 in 18 guesses with an accuracy of 77.78% and a time of 00:26:57.

maybe next time I'll remember more quickly that university is ten letters.

crutch of england (ledge), Friday, 11 August 2023 18:43 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #493 in 14 guesses with an accuracy of 71.43% and a time of 00:05:34.

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Saturday, 12 August 2023 18:58 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle #493 in 1 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:14:17.

this sure was a long read.

crutch of england (ledge), Saturday, 12 August 2023 19:21 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle #493 in 31 guesses with an accuracy of 93.5% and a time of 00:06:45. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

Albert Canoe (Leee), Saturday, 12 August 2023 22:14 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle #492 in 63 guesses with an accuracy of 74.6% and a time of 00:10:48. Play at https://test.redactle.net/en/492

Albert Canoe (Leee), Saturday, 12 August 2023 22:27 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle Unlimited #494 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:01:32.

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Sunday, 13 August 2023 16:12 (nine months ago) link

I solved Redactle #494 in 1 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:20:46.

very quick work bc. 'preponderance' gtfo. over half the article is the sources section!

crutch of england (ledge), Sunday, 13 August 2023 20:21 (nine months ago) link

I find I have less and less patience going thru these long-ass articles these days. picked up a capitalized “Be” in what looked like an enumeration, tried “element” and went had the luck that it was indeed the only type of group of elements I’m able to name.

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Sunday, 13 August 2023 20:35 (nine months ago) link


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