Dave
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Same I was going the wrong way because some of my first hits were
space related - planet, sun, moon, earth, mars, oxygen, etc.
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I solved today's Redactle (#226) in 761 guesses with an accuracy of 65.7%.
I felt so cheated. I kept getting the twenty- and fifty-dollar words, but I just couldn't get enough of the really useful stuff filled in.
EDIT: Also I know at least 4 of my entries were typos, which probably hurt my accuracy total.
--Patrick
I felt so cheated. I kept getting the twenty- and fifty-dollar words, but I just couldn't get enough of the really useful stuff filled in.
EDIT: Also I know at least 4 of my entries were typos, which probably hurt my accuracy total.
--Patrick
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How long did that take you?
I solved today's Redactle (#226) in 169 guesses with an accuracy of 53.25%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
Thought I was getting somewhere around guess 70-ish, but couldn't put it together.
Thought I was getting somewhere around guess 70-ish, but couldn't put it together.
Couple hours. But I was also playing Overwatch, talking on Discord, and had my laptop open right next to it for Halforums, YouTube, etc.
--Patrick
Same, I gave up at around 150 because I know the kind of thing it is, but I don't have enough knowledge of that area to get the specific name.
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145 guesses, 29. 66% accurate.
Never heard of it, so once I discovered what sort of thing it was it really came down to finding
I was also thrown off because
Never heard of it, so once I discovered what sort of thing it was it really came down to finding
names of things surrounding it based on common words - prince, queen, Saint, bay, gulf, straight,.... And then looking on Google maps to see which one fit.
I was also thrown off because
of Canadian spelling. I was convinced there either was a National Parc there, or it was in a Parc... Which it isn't and hasn't, because it has a national park. 
Dave
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I solved today's Redactle (#228) in 31 guesses with an accuracy of 77.42%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
I solved today's Redactle (#228) in 22 guesses with an accuracy of 68.18%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
Funny story, I actually have something of an intrusive thought, in which I will inexplicably want to enter today's answer into every Redactle I play. Imagine my glee when today's answer was actually the thing I keep wanting to guess.
Funny story, I actually have something of an intrusive thought, in which I will inexplicably want to enter today's answer into every Redactle I play. Imagine my glee when today's answer was actually the thing I keep wanting to guess.
I would like to preface this by saying that I am generally very bad at Redactle. I haven't figured out how to groove with it and, until now, haven't had any results to post.
That being said...
I solved today's Redactle (#228) in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.00%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
That being said...
I solved today's Redactle (#228) in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.00%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
I've sucked at this game, in general. But after hearing everyone's quick times, I had to give it a go.
Generally, I try to look through the text to see if any phrases stand out. Usually, that's a fail, because how many phrases can you make with connecting words and participles? But in this case, "over-and-under" jumped out at me, and I could only think of one word associated with the phrase. And it was used 4 times in the text. So I went for it. Being Texan hath its privileges.
I solved today's Redactle (#229) in 82 guesses with an accuracy of 45.12%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
Dave
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I got stuck on something on todays and couldn’t get away from it. I should have had it WAY earlier.
I solved today's Redactle (#229) in 143 guesses with an accuracy of 32.17%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
I solved today's Redactle (#229) in 143 guesses with an accuracy of 32.17%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
I solved today's Redactle (#229) in 50 guesses with an accuracy of 76.00%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
finding European helped a lot. The automatic pluralizer is a bit of a bitch sometimes, but oh well
GasBandit
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Keep scrolling up from the solved article, sometimes it kinda hides up there.
Dave
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I solved today's Redactle (#230) in 25 guesses with an accuracy of 80.00%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
I solved today's Redactle (#230) in 30 guesses with an accuracy of 83.33%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
Dammit Dave! I was happy with my score!
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Dammit Dave! I was happy with my score!
I was pretty sure what type of thing I was looking for and even where but I thought it was northern England rather than Scotland for some reason
I solved today's Redactle (#230) in 22 guesses with an accuracy of 86.36%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
Once I zeroed in on it being a geographical location it wasn't too hard.
Whenever I get a score less than 80 assume it was because I got lucky. 
These were my guesses. You can see how I got lucky that my first guess after zeroing in on the nature of the answer happened to be the right one.
These were my guesses. You can see how I got lucky that my first guess after zeroing in on the nature of the answer happened to be the right one.
22 edinburgh 250
21 scotland 67
20 england 8
19 kingdom 12
18 united 12
17 king 10
16 west 31
15 east 19
14 south 29
13 north 23
12 region 12
11 settlements 2
10 human 1
9 late 4
8 bronze 1
7 iron 1
6 stone 0
5 era 0
4 age 3
3 background 0
2 early 16
1 history 8
21 scotland 67
20 england 8
19 kingdom 12
18 united 12
17 king 10
16 west 31
15 east 19
14 south 29
13 north 23
12 region 12
11 settlements 2
10 human 1
9 late 4
8 bronze 1
7 iron 1
6 stone 0
5 era 0
4 age 3
3 background 0
2 early 16
1 history 8
figmentPez
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I solved today's Redactle (#230) in 19 guesses with an accuracy of 68.42%.
I assume it was cheating to use google to get information, though.
I assume it was cheating to use google to get information, though.
I was never going to remember the name of the article, even though I had the description. If I can't remember a proper name, I'm going to google, rather than torture myself.
GasBandit
Staff member
I always go down weird rabbit holes
I solved today's Redactle (#230) in 52 guesses with an accuracy of 53.85%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
I solved today's Redactle (#230) in 52 guesses with an accuracy of 53.85%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
I solved today's Redactle (#231) in 137 guesses with an accuracy of 21.90%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
Holy crapballs today's was hard. I got no hits in my first 35 guesses, and my first 50 guesses had a combined 6 hits.
Holy crapballs today's was hard. I got no hits in my first 35 guesses, and my first 50 guesses had a combined 6 hits.
currently haven't solved it yet, I've got the second word but not the first yet. But my beginning was as hard as yours, I think I had a spell of 20 zerohitters in a row...
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Dave
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I got SUPER lucky with mine.
I solved today's Redactle (#231) in 21 guesses with an accuracy of 47.62%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
I solved today's Redactle (#231) in 21 guesses with an accuracy of 47.62%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/
My first word was "light" and that got only 1 hit, but that hit was "light-[blank]". I did year first and then years and years was it. That told me it was a space thing. I immediately tried "solar" thinking it might be solar system. I then typed in "galaxy" and voila. The rest of my guesses were trying to remember what kind of fucking galaxies there were! So 5 guesses to galaxy and 16 to get the right type.