______ the ____________: Redactle

Mrs. Noothgrush & me happened upon this just now and she utterly crushed the first two in a row. She is a science person, I would have needed 1000 guesses

I solved Redactle Unlimited #472 in 125 guesses with an accuracy of 46.4% and a time of 00:26:55.

pretty befuddling, this one. got the first word very quickly, but after that? I got hits for Moon, several planets, Africa, later Russia - so where was it situated? tried “Antarctica” at 123, and then checked for confirmation that it was indeed named after the Russian word for ^redacted^

I solved Redactle #472 in 227 guesses with an accuracy of 49.8% and a time of 00:34:05. https://test.redactle.net/

Test site result doesn't show that I needed a hint.

Really annoyed that I was on the wrong continent for the longest time, but the hint put me in the right place, after which I got it in one more guess.

I solved Redactle #472 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:05:16. Hints needed: 1

'the coldest temperature' near the bottom gave me Antarctica - not that it helped as i took a hint to get the actual name, doubt I would have otherwise.

smart matching def not working like it used to in the standard version. had to use a separate “named” (4 hits) besides “name” (1 hit) today, for ex.

I solved Redactle #473 in 85 guesses with an accuracy of 71.8% and a time of 00:15:08. https://test.redactle.net/

I didn't realize that I've been spelling this word wrong for basically my whole life.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #473 in 45 guesses with an accuracy of 75.56% and a time of 00:14:50.

having uncovered part of the etymology helped

I solved Redactle Unlimited #473 in 6 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:17:49.

saw (first) past the (post) in a few places near the bottom.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #474 in 1 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:03:26.

the ten letter words near the top threw me a bit but what looked like 'bordered to the north by the czech republic' and 'joined the european union' sealed it.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #474 in 5 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:18:54.

I solved Redactle #474 in 20 guesses with an accuracy of 85.0% and a time of 00:02:14. https://test.redactle.net/

I solved Redactle Unlimited #475 in 11 guesses with an accuracy of 81.82% and a time of 00:05:34.

I solved Redactle #475 in 112 guesses with an accuracy of 75.9% and a time of 00:10:25. https://test.redactle.net/

Real boner for me because I somehow forgot about the existence of a certain continent.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #475 in 32 guesses with an accuracy of 93.75% and a time of 00:37:42.

lateral thinking failure.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #476 in 182 guesses with an accuracy of 78.02% and a time of 01:01:45.

oh duh! I was so pleased with the seeming confirmation of my initial impression that this had to do with Native peoples in relation to the US that I spent waaaay too long fixating on the seemingly fertile grounds of Mexico. only later my attention slowly started to shift to the waters (and lands) to its west. but what S****sh influence is even the… oh duh!

I solved Redactle #476 in 159 guesses with an accuracy of 74.8% and a time of 00:16:23. https://test.redactle.net/

Similar experience to bc: "species" and "Homo" being in the first paragraph led me down an extremely unproductive rabbit hominid hole, and I was extremely confused by the number of hits for WWII, China/Chinese, Japan, AND the US, which I should've been enough to move me away from ancient humans.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #476 in 22 guesses with an accuracy of 77.27% and a time of 00:20:51.

despite yesterday's I still didn't twig to the first word straight away, and when I did it took a while to think geographically but then it was the first 11 letter place I thought of.

I solved Redactle #477 in 30 guesses with an accuracy of 80.0% and a time of 00:06:22. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

I solved Redactle Unlimited #477 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:02:16.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #477 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:00:59.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #478 in 9 guesses with an accuracy of 88.89% and a time of 00:03:43.

I solved Redactle #478 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:00:31. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

There was a time when I thought I might become a scholar of today's subject, so this was pretty easy when I saw A [blank] of a [blank] as a [blank] [blank].

I solved Redactle Unlimited #478 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:02:13.

2 guesses ignoring when I guessed 'jame' because my wife will insist on speaking to me when I'm playing.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #478 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:02
:13.

2 guesses ignoring when I guessed 'jame' because my wife will insist on speaking to me when I'm playing.

I solved Redactle #479 in 117 guesses with an accuracy of 56.4% and a time of 00:15:02. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

Got Sea pretty quickly but took quite a bit longer to figure out the time period.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #479 in 37 guesses with an accuracy of 81.08% and a time of 00:20:04.

had the key word buzzing in my head already, but a lot of my focus went to the balancing act I was doing between the old Redactle and the test version

the loss of smart matching in the old version is terribly annoying, but the test version leaves many (most?) of the common function words covered, which means you have to think of entering things like “and” and “at”, which is a drag as well.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #479 in 14 guesses with an accuracy of 64.29% and a time of 00:11:30.

beast: I thought I saw common words?

going by yesterday’s puzzle it only has “in”, “of”, “is”, “had” and “over”, far fewer than the regular version, which has the conjunctions and all prepositions.
(yesterday’s puzzle also had “we”, “de” and “die” for some reason, I assume they were glitches)

also, the first part of my username is “breast”, not “beast” - it’s a long story

Lol whoops, sorry!

I solved Redactle #480 in 108 guesses with an accuracy of 76.9% and a time of 00:14:44. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

I only got this because of my occasional studying for a trivia league; being American (and an agnost), I don't think I've ever learned about this before.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #480 in 232 guesses with an accuracy of 69.4% and a time of 01:00:18.

yay! I actually got it! managed to get out some knowledge that had lodged in my brain several decades ago

re: regular vs test Redactle: I forgot to mention the articles (uncovered in regular, hidden in test)

unexpected words uncovered in the test version of today’s puzzle: “we”, “de”, “Der”, “van” (der), “want”, “Al” (beginning to suspect some Dutch interference here)

I solved Redactle Unlimited #480 in 24 guesses with an accuracy of 83.33% and a time of 00:25:15.

lucked into the first word, was trying 'of war'; dredged up the first though doubt I'd have been able to say what it was if you'd asked beforehand.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #481 in 4 guesses with an accuracy of 75% and a time of 00:03:29.

trojan was not the smartest first guess.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #481 in 24 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:07:40.

I solved Redactle #481 in 88 guesses with an accuracy of 80.7% and a time of 00:07:22. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

lol all the hits for China and Japan made me think this was the Chinese Civil War, the difficulty rating really should've clued me in earlier.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #481 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:00:52. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/

Worked out it was a war straight away. Thought of Vietnam at first, but has a letter too many. Only other post WW2 war I could think of was Korea.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #482 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:07:36.

third guess lucky

I solved Redactle #482 in 8 guesses with an accuracy of 87.5% and a time of 00:00:46. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

wasn't sure I'd get to play today as my phone was in my pocket when the canoe I was in capsized. luckily it seems to be ok.

I solved Redactle Unlimited #482 in 1 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:08:07.

failed redactle 101 by not spotting it was an element but then saw (go) over (like) a (lead) (balloon)

I solved Redactle Unlimited #483 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:01:59.

I gave up on Redactle #483 after 273 guesses. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

Well done, bc!

I solved Redactle Unlimited #483 in 4 guesses with an accuracy of 75% and a time of 00:16:30. Hints used: 3

I solved Redactle Unlimited #484 in 7 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:00:41. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/

LOL

the uncovered alternative name looked like it was in Aramaic script (or thereabouts) and it appeared to be an (ancient) something. further down it said ‘IS’, for what might very well be (Islamic State), at which point I immediately thought of the site in question, which was in IS territory for some time. checked if the solution was indeed a 7-letter one, and it was.

(about yesterday’s puzzle)

I solved Redactle Unlimited #484 in 7 guesses with an accuracy of 100% and a time of 00:01:04.

all you need is LOL

re: 483 I guess I outed myself for not paying attention to the news?

I solved Redactle #484 in 23 guesses with an accuracy of 91.3% and a time of 00:01:57. Play at https://test.redactle.net/

Sigh.