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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten months ago) link
I gave up on 494, you can say that that subject is my kryptonite.
I solved Redactle #495 in 180 guesses with an accuracy of 52.2% and a time of 00:11:23. Play at https://test.redactle.net/
Got stuck on terrestrial life before I thought to go a little bigger.
― Albert Canoe (Leee), Monday, 14 August 2023 17:53 (ten months ago) link
I solved Redactle #495 in 6 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:06:36.
― crutch of england (ledge), Monday, 14 August 2023 18:36 (ten months ago) link
Not done one of these for ages, feel a bit rusty on something I should have spotted quicker:
I solved Redactle #495 in 14 guesses with an accuracy of 85.7% and a time of 00:05:25. Play at https://test.redactle.net/
― ailsa, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 10:58 (nine months ago) link
I solved Redactle #496 in 22 guesses with an accuracy of 72.7% and a time of 00:01:23. Play at https://test.redactle.net/
― Albert Canoe (Leee), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 17:39 (nine months ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #496 in 11 guesses with an accuracy of 63.64% and a time of 00:04:04.
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 21:20 (nine months ago) link
I solved Redactle #496 in 48 guesses with an accuracy of 64.6% and a time of 00:52:17. pretty bad - once I'd uncovered greco- roman i stopped thinking about other mythologies. also maybe this is on me but isn't it time 'goddess' went the way of 'actress'?
― crutch of england (ledge), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 21:32 (nine months ago) link
did you miss the prominent hieroglyphic clue not all that far down?
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 21:45 (nine months ago) link
anyone know how to play earlier puzzles that you missed? I missed yesterday’s game, but instead of the game # I’m asked to fill out the “Q-ID” - today’s is #Q79876 (if I remember correctly, can’t seem to retrieve it), but when I enter that number minus 1 nothing happens.
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 21:56 (nine months ago) link
On the non-test site, it's a bit of a hassle. What I've done in the past is go to the Redactle Reddit, because they have a daily thread for every day's puzzle, which includes a permalink.
Fortunately for me, the test site lets you navigate prev/next puzzles.
― Anna Kendrick Lamar Odom (Leee), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 22:12 (nine months ago) link
found that permalink on Reddit, thank you!
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 22:52 (nine months ago) link
…and now I’m lost in space!
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 23:16 (nine months ago) link
xp i guess i did!
― crutch of england (ledge), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 10:05 (nine months ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #497 in 19 guesses with an accuracy of 52.63% and a time of 00:08:42. guessed the second word right away, took another 8 guesses to zoom in, and was lucky to come up with the right name pretty quickly
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 16:48 (nine months ago) link
I solved Redactle #497 in 12 guesses with an accuracy of 75.0% and a time of 00:08:13. didn't get the second word till I'd got the country, then four guesses for the first.
― crutch of england (ledge), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 17:00 (nine months ago) link
I solved Redactle #497 in 31 guesses with an accuracy of 77.4% and a time of 00:02:41. Play at https://test.redactle.net/
More or less the same experience as ledge for me.
― Anna Kendrick Lamar Odom (Leee), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 19:36 (nine months ago) link
I solved Redactle #498 in 21 guesses with an accuracy of 81.0% and a time of 00:01:41. Play at https://test.redactle.net/
For once, that leading 7-letter word wasn't in the title (although it's in the article)!
― Anna Kendrick Lamar Odom (Leee), Thursday, 17 August 2023 17:28 (nine months ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #498 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:01:44.
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Thursday, 17 August 2023 18:05 (nine months ago) link
I solved Redactle #498 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:02:47.my first guess was that seven letter word, though I'd already figured the second word.
― crutch of england (ledge), Thursday, 17 August 2023 18:33 (nine months ago) link
I solved Redactle #499 in 5 guesses with an accuracy of 80.0% and a time of 00:02:33. sure are a lot of four letter ones with two letter symbols.
― crutch of england (ledge), Friday, 18 August 2023 18:26 (nine months ago) link
I solved Redactle #499 in 74 guesses with an accuracy of 87.8% and a time of 00:06:12. Play at https://test.redactle.net/
Ledge: that may be so but I still needed the atomic symbol hint to figure this one out lol.
― Anna Kendrick Lamar Odom (Leee), Friday, 18 August 2023 18:56 (nine months ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #499 in 246 guesses with an accuracy of 75.2% and a time of 00:46:37. there seem to be five, this was the only one I couldn’t think of. checked some battery-related outside info, and duh
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Friday, 18 August 2023 20:15 (nine months ago) link
I solved Redactle #500 in 1 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:04:48.clue was (break)-off
― crutch of england (ledge), Saturday, 19 August 2023 18:31 (nine months ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #500 in 125 guesses with an accuracy of 64% and a time of 00:35:27. my brain kept focusing on the outdoors for no good reason
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Saturday, 19 August 2023 22:22 (nine months ago) link