______ the ____________: Redactle

New thread for Redactle so that Wordle lovers can go about their day without facing a wall of [show hidden text].

I won't paste in discussion from the Wordle thread. It's just people being furious at themselves behind spoiler tags.

260 guesses!

108 first time. Not sure this will replace Semantle for me.

(removes bookmark from wordle thread...)

I kinda like this, I'm no good at Semantle but I give up quickly, this feels like I'm seeing at least some progress in my guesses.

Yeah it I think it might be my favourite of all the time wastles, feels like more of a comprehensive brain workout than semantle. Or maybe it just hasn't lost its novelty value yet.

yeah, I think either the novelty will fade or I'll build up enough anxiety about getting it quickly that it will become painfully tense and I will quit. But for now it's a really entertaining challenge every day.

33 ?????? 83 57.83%

um...

really not sure why you get global stats some times and not others.

#33 in 46 @ 58.70% insect by 26, but wasn't really properly on it till I added the plural at 35. Annoying run of cricket/grasshopper/locust at 41-3 (after seeing title "The x and the ant"), where my brain should have been trying to get the thing like that with 6 letters… but they aren't very present in my UK English taxonomy of the world. Also, I think I head for myth/legend/folklore too early & get a bit lost there.

I think it can just take ages for stats to load? I didn't have them and just looked again and there they are.

I kinda like this, I'm no good at Semantle but I give up quickly, this feels like I'm seeing at least some progress in my guesses.

Same.

@koogs I think it might be because you solved it too quickly? The global averages change over the day, and you can keep refreshing the page to see them change (usually up).

Anyway, #33 90 / 49%.

117 in and I don't know any other kinds of insects :(

31 despite forgetting my usual guess of species. Guessing year and life gave me '__- year life _____' - obviously 'cycle', thx old bbc nature documentaries.

> they aren't very present in my UK English taxonomy of the world. i felt this as well. and i think i threw away the same three things you did, and a bunch of others, because of it

163, 80% accuracy - knew it was an insect early on but a side bit of fun is seeing how many words I can fill in rather than just going for low score.

A gruelling 375, but Kevin gave me the final guess. It’s one of his strongest fields of knowledge. Also learned how a certain long standing ILXor got their name.

#33 in 167 with 56% accuracy, what a slog. Was thrown off by the cultural sections and didn't get it was something in nature till I got species at 116

37 guesses / 56.76% weirdly figured this out after trying "ant" and finding "the ______ and the ant" in the text, which I know by it's French title. Then took me a minute to remember what "Cigale" is in English

121 not much to say really

I'm well into 200 guesses and have obviously stumbled into what type of thing this is, but I really don't think i'm going to get the actual word. I have no idea at all.

I started playing this yesterday, and didn't understand the rules entirely -- I thought you had to fill in all the blanks in order to win -- so I was surprised when I guessed one word and the game was over.

yes pretty much how my first play was too

re yesterdays puzzle, just seen the answer, nope would not have got that ever

Congratulations, you solved Redactle #34!
You solved it in 50 guesses
Your accuracy was 66.00%
Globally, 313 players have solved today's Redactle so far

I solved today's Redactle (#34) in 72 guesses with an accuracy of 51.39%.

had "species" and "origin", which uncovered a mention of "Origin of the Species" somewhere near the bottom, which led me to the answer

#34 434 / 48%

silverfish, I had that too but I didn't think laterally enough to make the connection, and my first 200 guesses were in the realms of medicine and technology -- my guess of television at 65 was a total red herring.

69 today, 127 yesterday - got totally thrown by all the stuff about songs

140 today, a right shambles.

33 today, species lead to Darwin lead to Beagle in quick succession once I got species

This has become part of my post-work routine now, when really I should be out getting some exercise or something.

I started with #13 (prophesy vs prophecy argh), so I've solved 22 now, with an average of 41.3 guesses. Never better than Meryl, never worse than College of Cardinals.

50 today - also taken down the wrong path. I forget that dogs can be popular too.

it's always annoying when Redactle accepts a misspelled word, not that that accounted for more than one of my 176 tries today :(

#34 in 56, pretty happy with that.

#34 in 73, not entirely happy. I mean I remember the moment early on when I looked at my dog sitting beside me and thought 'I will type dog' then thought 'no, don't do that, wasted blind guess, just try animals instead'. Thought I was looking for something geographical/territorial till then and only really locked on when I properly noticed what looked like 'origin of the species' down in the popcult list. That still just made me think about dogs and not the name of the ship…

I solved today's Redactle (#34) in 216 guesses with an accuracy of 56.48%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

My first Redactle, darn close to my average Semantle ugh. Fun though.

#35 in 2.

wtf

Got it in 28, with only three zero guesses.

#35
You solved it in 76 guesses
Your accuracy was 81.58%
Globally, 1732 players have solved today's Redactle so far

i think Cicadas was a bit too american-leaning also

Finished punching the air, jumping on tables, spraying room with tesco prosecco

Basically saw ****-***** in the first sentence and thought it looked a lot like it could be 'city-state'. Confirmed with 'state', then it was just figuring out a 9-letter city state that would get a really, really, really long article.

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I dunno - I think it's just UK/Ireland that has no truck with cicadas - they are, as I learned from the article, just about everywhere fucking else.

(Apologies to the New Forest Cicada, our one native species, again, as I learned from the article)

I solved today's Redactle (#35) in 36 guesses with an accuracy of 83.33%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

I solved today's Redactle (#35) in 17 guesses with an accuracy of 76.47%. No triple digits for me today!

#35
You solved it in 51 guesses
Your accuracy was 84.31%

-- I am better at this than Semantle

Amazing woof! I saw city-state but only after guesting world, countries, asia, country, and crucially island. In total 11 guesses, 100% accuracy.

Good work, woof! I got there in 5.

crap, sorry for spoilers in my post. don't scroll up if you haven't got it yet!

10 here. My kind of Redactle.

happy with 8, knew someone here would beat it

I don't do the letter-counting thing but I'm not sure why I wasted a guess on Luxembourg which isn't even a city-state

I thought it was city-state but didn't guess that right away because I've been burned every single time that's what I thought it was. Played myself.

I solved Redactle #818 in 44 guesses with an accuracy of 52.3% and a time of 00:13:05.

so many b*rds, so little time

I got lazy and took a hint for 817 thinking it was a highly obscure plant.

I solved Redactle #818 in 8 guesses with an accuracy of 75.0% and a time of 00:02:58.

flightless though

I got lazy and took a hint for 817 thinking it was a highly obscure plant.

I solved Redactle #820 in 55 guesses with an accuracy of 54.5% and a time of 00:18:17.

slow ledge

I solved Redactle #821 in 43 guesses with an accuracy of 67.4% and a time of 00:17:45.

I solved Redactle #821 in 5 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:12:48..

took about an hour between the first & second names.

I solved Redactle #820 in 266 guesses with an accuracy of 59.4% and a time of 01:10:01. Hints used: 1

even the presumed Dutch etymology couldn’t help me

I solved Redactle #822 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:10:32.

apparently there are two more same-number-of-letters ******* + ******* sets in the world

I solved Redactle #822 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:00:11.

lucky it was the easy pair.

I solved Redactle #823 in 36 guesses with an accuracy of 75.0% and a time of 00:14:09.

I solved Redactle #823 in 62 guesses with an accuracy of 51.6% and a time of 00:30:41.

stymied by my misogynistic male body

I solved Redactle #824 in 22 guesses with an accuracy of 63.6% and a time of 00:15:59.

I solved Redactle #826 in 31 guesses with an accuracy of 71.0% and a time of 00:15:08.

a one-man self-contained redactle solver, going places no one’s ever gone before, that’s me

I solved Redactle #826 in 6 guesses with an accuracy of 83.3% and a time of 00:10:18.

missed the giveaway right there in the first para.

I solved Redactle #827 in 225 guesses with an accuracy of 71.1% and a time of 00:50:14. Hints used: 1

didn’t know the official name, tried with the etymology, but no dice

what was the giveaway?

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I solved Redactle #827 in 42 guesses with an accuracy of 69.0% and a time of 00:15:30. Hints used: 1

same except I didn't try the etymology.

the acronym was a clear giveaway for me.

I solved Redactle #828 in 6 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:15:54.

there I was thinking the adjective form was an 11-letter word

I solved Redactle #828 in 13 guesses with an accuracy of 69.2% and a time of 00:29:22.

Likewise. If I'd thought of the song I would have been quicker.

I solved Redactle #829 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:06:29.

phew still got it

I solved Redactle #829 in 53 guesses with an accuracy of 49.1% and a time of 00:15:02.

it’s not that black-and-white now, is it? q to ledge: was it the hyphens that did it?

yep.

I solved Redactle #830 in 49 guesses with an accuracy of 63.3% and a time of 00:31:47. Hints used: 2

took some prodding of my brain, but was able to reach the other shore in the end

I solved Redactle #831 in 11 guesses with an accuracy of 81.8% and a time of 00:14:36.

make that 9 - fat fingered one, but more annoyingly, who cares how it’s spelled in English

I solved Redactle #832 in 44 guesses with an accuracy of 63.6% and a time of 00:14:19.

took me some time to recall the English name for what we call by a quite a different type of name in Dutch

I solved Redactle #832 in 71 guesses with an accuracy of 53.5% and a time of 00:30:08.

took too long for the penny whistle to drop.

404
Daily article not found

??

I solved Redactle #833 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:12:19.

took me about 12 minutes too long, I mean, what a low-hanging clue

btw, I couldn’t access the site yesterday either, but it works fine for me today

I solved Redactle #833 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:07:49.

I solved Redactle #834 in 30 guesses with an accuracy of 56.7% and a time of 00:06:10.

gift-wrapped it for ya!

I solved Redactle #834 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:14:04.

didn't have the remotest idea for ages then "worn" at the top jumped out at me.

I solved Redactle #835 in 4 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:04:21.

make that 3, Redactle

I solved Redactle #835 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:04:18.

I solved Redactle #836 in 6 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:07:53.

I solved Redactle #836 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:11:09.

Didnt have any idea so took a lucky guess for the first name. Four hole in ones in a row!

I solved Redactle #837 in 117 guesses with an accuracy of 60.7% and a time of 00:19:29.

it’s that me redactle

I solved Redactle #837 in 8 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:10:24.

pretty much just got lucky tbh.

I solved Redactle #839 in 74 guesses with an accuracy of 64.9% and a time of 00:12:14.

nice one

I solved Redactle #839 in 15 guesses with an accuracy of 53.3% and a time of 00:10:51.

I solved Redactle #839 in 21 guesses with an accuracy of 52.4% and a time of 24 minutes.

I started doing redact again! I like it again.

I solved Redactle #840 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:04:54.

comfort zoning

Well done!

I solved Redactle #840 in 10 guesses with an accuracy of 60.0% and a time of 00:24

I solved Redactle #840 in 7 guesses with an accuracy of 57.1% and a time of 00:22:00.

half cheated, after I'd worked out the definition I had to get a list.

I solved Redactle #841 in 6 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:20

I solved Redactle #841 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:19:10.

I solved Redactle #841 in 38 guesses with an accuracy of 73.7% and a time of 00:20:31.

yes, focussing on the first word would have been a much better strategy

I solved Redactle #842 in 5 guesses with an accuracy of 80.0% and a time of 00:19:13. Hints used: 1

got a hint for the name in Greek.

I solved Redactle #842 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:05 but I cheated because I worked out which kind of thing the answer was and had to look up the names of the thing and its mates . I'm not sorry.

I solved Redactle #842 in 144 guesses with an accuracy of 54.2% and a time of 00:30:22. Hints used: 1 - best use of a hint ever, same one as ledge