is it just me or is this game fucking with us now.
― ledge, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 22:50 (one year ago) link
I found its English name, that is, the third and second word, and then used a hint to get the first (which would have been very doable in hindsight), but I’m expected to know its Latin name, which, no
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Thursday, 20 April 2023 06:14 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #379 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:00:44. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
After 8 days when I had to cheat, today has came as a relief. Would have got it in two but put Ltd instead of Inc.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 20 April 2023 16:25 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #379 in 4 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:13:14.lol, I had “Inc.” as my first guess, and then thought Apple immediately, only to second-guess myself. tried Google first, and then… Microsoft.
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Thursday, 20 April 2023 17:04 (one year ago) link
The NeXT was a huge clue.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 20 April 2023 17:20 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #379 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:12:10. thought it was going to be some American sports team or something at first, then twigged the Inc., then guessed tesla :(
― ledge, Thursday, 20 April 2023 17:40 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #379 in 8 guesses with an accuracy of 75% and a time of 00:03:39. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
― Sid Bream My Baby (Leee), Friday, 21 April 2023 03:29 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #380 in 24 guesses with an accuracy of 79.17% and a time of 00:08:49.room for improvement (and a pony)
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Friday, 21 April 2023 16:15 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #380 in 7 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:06:43. a couple of needless ground testers + the german spelling, don't know why the title uses the english.
― ledge, Friday, 21 April 2023 18:37 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #381 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:00:43.
― ledge, Saturday, 22 April 2023 16:27 (one year ago) link
380: I solved Redactle Unlimited Q150652 in 55 guesses with an accuracy of 78.18% and a time of 00:08:39. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/#Q150652 got the first two words in the first two guesses, but I didn't think to try the demonym or the bigger title for quite some time.
I solved Redactle Unlimited #381 in 18 guesses with an accuracy of 83.33% and a time of 00:03:16. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
Maybe I'll remember to try the second word sooner next time I see a three-letter clue.
― Sid Bream My Baby (Leee), Saturday, 22 April 2023 17:09 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #381 in 13 guesses with an accuracy of 69.23% and a time of 00:13:01.
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Saturday, 22 April 2023 18:21 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #382 in 63 guesses with an accuracy of 76.19% and a time of 00:10:27. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
I over-thought things and started trying to remember former colonies of a certain country and went too small before thinking of a more obvious place.
― Sid Bream My Baby (Leee), Sunday, 23 April 2023 17:09 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #382 in 11 guesses with an accuracy of 81.82% and a time of 00:11:00.
― ledge, Monday, 24 April 2023 07:52 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #382 in 55 guesses with an accuracy of 65.45% and a time of 00:30:02. similar experience to Leee, also was thrown by “island”
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Monday, 24 April 2023 11:07 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #383 in 24 guesses with an accuracy of 83.33% and a time of 00:03:54. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
― Sid Bream You My Love (Leee), Monday, 24 April 2023 20:40 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #383 in 133 guesses with an accuracy of 75.19% and a time of 00:44:12.had the con-less part of the second word at roughly half the amount of guesses, no idea what was keeping me there
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Monday, 24 April 2023 21:06 (one year ago) link
Never heard of it, couldn't guess the second word. But the book I was reading last night was being cagey about when it was set, it mentioned the german reformation so i googled that, was reading a page about it and bingo.
― ledge, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 07:40 (one year ago) link
Cruel. Instantly saw what kind of thing it was, unable to guess which one.
― ledge, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 07:33 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #385 in 70 guesses with an accuracy of 25.71% and a time of 00:11:29. oh, this is about *words* and *language*, not about physics or somesuch nonsense. couldn’t you have told me right away?
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 16:22 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #385 in 65 guesses with an accuracy of 24.62% and a time of 00:28:36.yes, took an annoyingly long time to guess those two words.
― ledge, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 18:27 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #385 in 132 guesses with an accuracy of 27.27% and a time of 00:09:19. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
One of these days I'll remember to guess "way."
― Sid Bream You My Love (Leee), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 21:26 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #386 in 33 guesses with an accuracy of 84.85% and a time of 00:04:20. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
Surprised that I got this one so quickly, general topic articles usually give me a lot of trouble.
― Sid Bream You My Love (Leee), Thursday, 27 April 2023 18:01 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #386 in 9 guesses with an accuracy of 66.67% and a time of 00:16:36. I got (international) law for my first guess & I thought of the answer but got distracted and then forgot and started pursuing legal topics.
― ledge, Thursday, 27 April 2023 18:29 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #386 in 59 guesses with an accuracy of 67.8% and a time of 00:33:15.I hit the jackpot with “country” at 58 and then went straight for the jugular. all those ‘across’es suddenly made sense.
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Thursday, 27 April 2023 19:34 (one year ago) link
general topic articles usually give me a lot of trouble
Case in point:
I solved Redactle Unlimited #387 in 450 guesses with an accuracy of 46.44% and a time of 00:41:08. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
― Sid Bream You My Love (Leee), Friday, 28 April 2023 22:05 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #387 in 113 guesses with an accuracy of 59.29% and a time of 00:26:58.this was fun. took me a bit too long, but I knew I was on the verge of getting there all the while, so I was fine with it
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Friday, 28 April 2023 22:55 (one year ago) link
You solved it in 5 guesses. Your accuracy was 80.00%
Guess #4 was something I often guess early and Guess #5 was obvious
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 28 April 2023 22:59 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #387 in 52 guesses with an accuracy of 53.85% and a time of 00:44:28.spotting jekyll & hyde early on didn't help, penny didnt immediately drop after sheldon from big bang theory either.
― ledge, Saturday, 29 April 2023 14:39 (one year ago) link
You solved it in 10 guessesYour accuracy was 80.00%
On a roll
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 29 April 2023 14:50 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #388 in 18 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:02:25.
I got "set of rules" in the first sentence on my second and fifth guesses, then spotted "first-past-the-post" in the second paragraph, after which it was plain sailing.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:06 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #388 in 6 guesses with an accuracy of 66.67% and a time of 00:01:04. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
probably could've aced this if I'd bothered to scan the article first, x-past-the-x was a big hint.
― Sid Bream You My Love (Leee), Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:29 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #388 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:02:09.first past the post, uh huh
― ledge, Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:36 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #388 in 10 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:12:56.
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Saturday, 29 April 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #389 in 13 guesses with an accuracy of 76.92% and a time of 00:23:55. "it has a high concentration of vitamin C" a reasonably obvious clue I only spotted after guessing it was a drink.
― ledge, Sunday, 30 April 2023 19:00 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #390 in 38 guesses with an accuracy of 71.05% and a time of 00:05:57. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
― Sid Bream You My Love (Leee), Monday, 1 May 2023 17:24 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #390 in 117 guesses with an accuracy of 61.54% and a time of 00:38:14.had to run the full initials gambit, and even then it didn’t immediately come to me. topica… eh, sorry, typical
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Monday, 1 May 2023 19:32 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #390 in 5 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:18:31. came to me after guessing american & company.
― ledge, Monday, 1 May 2023 20:00 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #390 in 8 guesses with an accuracy of 87.5% and a time of 00:02:29.I used to work for them, which must have helped.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 1 May 2023 23:14 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #391 in 246 guesses with an accuracy of 55.69% and a time of 00:32:09. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
Had a hard time pinpointing where this subject lived, as his being a billionaire and involvement in US trade of something made me think he was American, especially after yesterday's article. I tried drug, maybe he was in pharmaceuticals, because I was running out of other fields, and then dealer, and that finally did the trick.
― Sid Bream You My Love (Leee), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 17:48 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #391 in 33 guesses with an accuracy of 78.79% and a time of 00:14:42.clear from the intro that they weren’t American. “Spanish” got me several hits, Mexico/Spain/Argentina didn’t deliver, something told me to try “kill” and lo and behold: hit the jackpot with the next country. funnily enough, the word that I had guessed as “philanthropist” turned out to be “narcoterrorist”!
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 19:30 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #391 in 14 guesses with an accuracy of 85.71% and a time of 00:16:27. got colombia (8 letter country with 9 letter adjective) then pondered on the 4 4 um 'profession'
― ledge, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 19:55 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #392 in 69 guesses with an accuracy of 57.97% and a time of 00:15:34.”child” at guess 52 set the wheels in motion
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 20:52 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #392 in 216 guesses with an accuracy of 48.15% and a time of 00:13:10. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
Child at 113 and still only halfway through things -- I needed religion/religious to get there.
― Sid Bream You My Love (Leee), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 23:30 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #392 in 101 guesses with an accuracy of 58.42% and a time of 01:02:23. Hints used: 3thought it would be a quick one when my third guess was church. just before getting the hints I guessed baptise which wasn't that helpful. then the hints gave me baptism :/
― ledge, Thursday, 4 May 2023 05:52 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #393 in 112 guesses with an accuracy of 55.36% and a time of 00:28:03.sort of befuddling, but got there in the end
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Thursday, 4 May 2023 18:59 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #393 in 13 guesses with an accuracy of 61.54% and a time of 00:19:23.figured it was an animal, saw 'into round (balls)' and I think the answer might even have flashed across my brain but I ignored it.
― ledge, Thursday, 4 May 2023 20:05 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #393 in 125 guesses with an accuracy of 50.4% and a time of 00:09:31. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
I was stuck on food related items for a long time, and though I guess the first word is food for *something* I was focused on people food.
― Sid Bream You My Love (Leee), Thursday, 4 May 2023 21:13 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #394 in 26 guesses with an accuracy of 92.31% and a time of 00:39:48. was casting around job/work/money/government before I got to housing, took 10 guesses from there.
― ledge, Friday, 5 May 2023 19:26 (one year ago) link
I solved Redactle Unlimited #394 in 87 guesses with an accuracy of 86.21% and a time of 00:08:44. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
Got urban and city pretty early, but I needed to get to condition to connect the dots.
― Sid Bream You My Love (Leee), Friday, 5 May 2023 20:45 (one year ago) link