______ the ____________: Redactle

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.

looks quite intimidating does this, will have to give it a try.

you only have to get the title. but that can still take you 100s of guesses

https://www.reddit.com/r/Redactle/comments/ukobfu/a_very_hacky_method_to_play_past_random_and/

so googling chains of revealed words to find the source isn't cheating - it doesn't seem so bad now!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Redactle/comments/unfexf/a_still_hacky_way_to_play_custom_redactles/

wow, got this one in 6. did a random guess for “city” at 4 and after “city-state” announced itself hit the jackpot right away.

blimey i'm shit at this, into 100+ guesses and no idea still

got it in 172

A question to the letter counters: do you see the individual boxes, or do you highlight them one at a time and count them that way? If the former, what browser do you use?

lol, got it in 141 after going so many wrong ways.

re counting i only do it rarely but for the most part it's by eye (since it's all in a monospace font. i usually don't count if it's over 5 or so)

anyway today: i got stuck early with a few hits on "sound" which is not helpful!! but eventually worked my way to gas and liquid and solid... seemed like one in the other... struggled a little longer, got one hit for beer near the beginning, and the next one was the answer

im gonna spoiler tag this too just in case but possible bug i found? (if you're still trying to do today's, it shouldn't affect you)
i got zero hits for hz, even though there is a Hz in there? huh?

You solved it in 18 guesses
Your accuracy was 66.67%
Globally, 910 players have solved today's Redactle so far

was determined to get it under 20 even if it meant going away and thinking about it.

i have to drag mouse to count letters on the mac. and, yeah, generally you can just eyeball it if it's 6 or under.

#36 in 7. Happy… but I could have shaved a couple.

I drag across and count on mac chrome, or copy and paste then delete each letter-blank counting "one, two, three, four" as I go if I want to be certain. I only do it for title and key words that I've got a hypothesis for.

#36 600 (sic) / 41%

Oof! Got sponge at 211 but didn't think to try bath until 596, which led me to soap, which got me close to the final answer.

161 guesses / 37.27%

Went in all kinds of completely wrong directions on this one

7! How? 89 for me, stuck too long on the science section, especially when x-rays showed up.

7 was pretty lucky tbh subscripts made me try a few chemistry words, but 'atomic' and 'chemical' and a couple of others were a bit blank - states seemed a good direction, and picked gas first. You can see liquid and solid in the first sentence if you've got that & then I just made myself stop guessing and think.

#36 in 40. Not bad - was slightly thrown by what looked like a a section heading consisting of a single character, which turned out to be a comma and not a hearing at all

275, 36%

Handed my iPad over to Kevin after 59, and he got it in just two more. That’s my boy.

23 today, vague sciencey words until I hit a run of liquid->gas->bubble->foam

i had gas very early but then went down a pressure / density cul de sac

I solved Redactle #721 in 4 guesses with an accuracy of 75.0% and a time of 00:10:21.

big clue in the first para if you know who said it. I didn't so guessed a matching painter. Two goes to spell the middle name.

I solved Redactle #721 in 170 guesses with an accuracy of 72.4% and a time of 00:40:21.

cheated, because I don’t know these people

I solved Redactle #722 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:00:24.

I solved Redactle #723 in 97 guesses with an accuracy of 56.7% and a time of 00:19:12.

thought I had covered the field (or should I say forest) but of course I was wrong

I solved Redactle #724 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:10:15.

was thinking of two other similar options first, but then the examples showed up

I solved Redactle #724 in 5 guesses with an accuracy of 80.0% and a time of 00:25:59.

scratched my head for a long time after I'd guessed two other four on the floor genres.

I solved Redactle #725 in 23 guesses with an accuracy of 73.9% and a time of 00:15:32. Hints used: 1

guessed the second word right, to my slight astonishment, but I knew both initials anyway - listening to a lot of music from a certain relevant city will do that to you. the info provided by the hint was enough to get the first word as well

after using a hint to get the first word my only guesses are tirith and morgul, lol

I solved Redactle #727 in 240 guesses with an accuracy of 54.6% and a time of 00:42:47.

did take a scan of some potential Peruvian specimens

I solved Redactle #727 in 61 guesses with an accuracy of 62.3% and a time of 00:38:39. Hints used: 1

I have read "hullabaloo in the guava orchard" but that wasn't enough for it to spring to mind.

I solved Redactle #730 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:18:20.

took some time figuring this out as my working theory was that it had to be an Arab country (or one with an Arabic name), given the two-element name between brackets and the region. Had to adjust, and here we are

I solved Redactle #730 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:05:24.

Eastern (or western) mediterranean sea was the clue for me, when it finally clicked.

I solved Redactle #731 in 16 guesses with an accuracy of 81.3% and a time of 00:12:51.

I solved Redactle #731 in 8 guesses with an accuracy of 62.5% and a time of 00:14:49.

I solved Redactle #732 in 21 guesses with an accuracy of 81.0% and a time of 00:18:16.

guessed 'birth' at 12 :/

I solved Redactle #732 in 48 guesses with an accuracy of 77.1% and a time of 00:17:08.

guessed ‘birth’ at 31

I solved Redactle #735 in 57 guesses with an accuracy of 56.1% and a time of 00:14:45.

lol “country” was my first guess, and then I got sidetracked by hits on “China”, “Taiwan” and “dispute”

I solved Redactle #736 in 35 guesses with an accuracy of 71.4% and a time of 00:13:33.

just another day at the office

I solved Redactle #736 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:02:58.

I solved Redactle #737 in 201 guesses with an accuracy of 61.7% and a time of 00:28:54.

plugging my way to the answer, no sweat

I solved it in like 9 guesses a week or two ago! I think it was South Africa that day. Usually it takes me a million.

I solved Redactle #737 in 22 guesses with an accuracy of 77.3% and a time of 00:51:31

mid-air, nope, hot-air, nope, gas-air, low-air, non-air, nope...

I solved Redactle #738 in 168 guesses with an accuracy of 74.4% and a time of 00:42:51. ah, sure

basically cheated (a hint that gave it away), otherwise I'd have been barking up the wrong medical condition tree forever.

I solved Redactle #739 in 10 guesses with an accuracy of 90.0% and a time of 00:10:12.

d'oh

I solved Redactle #739 in 99 guesses with an accuracy of 69.7% and a time of 00:16:53.

well… 📌 fell into my lap, thankfully

I solved Redactle #740 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:03:22.

a classic first-paragraph-only Redactle, so satisfying.

I solved Redactle #740 in 7 guesses with an accuracy of 57.1% and a time of 00:17:09

no way at all I could think of some islands off of south America which were in the news throughout my childhood. absolutely not. impossible.