______ the ____________: Redactle

I solved Redactle #694 in 10 guesses with an accuracy of 60.0% and a time of 00:07:54.

I usually guess materials (metal, wood) if it looks like a human made object so that went well

I solved Redactle #695 in 38 guesses with an accuracy of 60.5% and a time of 00:24:07.

I thought it was something geographical. it was some time after I'd guessed Turkey that I realised the hits didn't start with a capital letter.

I solved Redactle #696 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:01:46.

not the hardest puzzle ever, I’ll give you that

I solved Redactle #696 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:01:55.

obvious from the jump what kind of thing it was but had to dredge it from my memory. I visited it 30 years ago.

I solved Redactle #697 in 44 guesses with an accuracy of 65.9% and a time of 00:13:18.

well, well, well, you sure got me there

I solved Redactle #697 in 7 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:04:03.

hate these ones where it should be an easy hole in one but i can't dredge it from my brain.

I solved Redactle #698 in 292 guesses with an accuracy of 72.3% and a time of 00:59:38. Hints used: 2

the fourth-largest city of this country of which I know the three largest, associated with a famous singer, I knew that as well. thanks to the hints in the etymology section I got very close, but I had to cheat anyway. you know what they say: hints don’t lie!

I solved Redactle #699 in 95 guesses with an accuracy of 71.6% and a time of 00:16:20.

nerve-racking

I solved Redactle #699 in 27 guesses with an accuracy of 74.1% and a time of 00:20:37.

'psychology' at 5 so ehh could've been better

I solved Redactle #700 in 4 guesses with an accuracy of 50.0% and a time of 00:09:03.

sex? I had to do it. then art.

I solved Redactle #701 in 40 guesses with an accuracy of 77.5% and a time of 00:15:31.

cheated, because I knew that I wouldn’t be able to come up with the name of this specific thing despite having established what it was

I solved Redactle #700 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:03:03.

I solved Redactle #702 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:05:52.

had to be a sport with a ball

I solved Redactle #707 in 34 guesses with an accuracy of 76.5% and a time of 00:22:53.

country in 29, surname in 30, then I slightly panicked: do I even know their first name? turns out I did. there was of course a huge, wide open clue, I just didn’t know how and where to place it

I solved Redactle #707 in 4 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:08:17.

including trying the name with a regular o. what was the clue?

lulz

I solved Redactle #709 in 24 guesses with an accuracy of 58.3% and a time of 00:11:32.

nice one

oops sorry ledge, was going to answer your question and then I ~apparently~ forgot about it!

it was the ———/Or thing that came up repeatedly. I knew what it had to be and that it was a famous book?/film?/something but couldn’t remember any context about it, so it was a dead-end

currently bamboozled by 709

OK I know what it is but I don't know what it is. And I guessed moor at 23 but it didn't give me anything.

yep, noticed that too (as well as in some earlier game). the glitch category where you have to enter the plural separately to get the hits it already should have given you when you entered the singular

Yeah I guess the plural/singular mapping ultimately comes from a manual list.

Gave up on 709, I would not have got it.

I solved Redactle #710 in 29 guesses with an accuracy of 65.5% and a time of 00:17:19.

I solved Redactle #710 in 27 guesses with an accuracy of 70.4% and a time of 00:10:36.

I solved Redactle #711 in 16 guesses with an accuracy of 93.8% and a time of 00:10:24.

what connects I*a*y and *o**a*? - altho it was actually **a**e I should’ve been thinking of

I solved Redactle #711 in 41 guesses with an accuracy of 46.3% and a time of 00:38:28. Hints used: 1

disastrous. couldn't get the broad topic, couldn't guess the crucial three letter word in the first para, had to get the French hint for the first word thanks to brain failure.

I solved Redactle #713 in 52 guesses with an accuracy of 78.8% and a time of 00:14:43.

could it be that it was all so simple then

I solved Redactle #715 in 17 guesses with an accuracy of 88.2% and a time of 00:11:04.

I solved Redactle #713 in 7 guesses with an accuracy of 85.7% and a time of 00:14:00.

hooray!

I solved Redactle #715 in 34 guesses with an accuracy of 70.6% and a time of 00:30:58.

boo!

I solved Redactle #717 in 47 guesses with an accuracy of 72.3% and a time of 00:16:11.

gah, had the first and last part in 9, and the root of the middle word at 14, stupidly didn’t think that part thru enough

I solved Redactle #717 in 54 guesses with an accuracy of 61.1% and a time of 01:01:11.

pissed off at the article for only having two hits for 'religion', and at myself for somehow coming to believe that it had no hits for 'religion'.

I forgot this game existed! And it's fun. I'm not GOOD at it, it took me 65 guesses and one Google search today.

it's the only one I'm still playing every day, two years after the wordle etc craze.

I solved Redactle #718 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:04:52.

ok I cheated and looked at a map but I knew what kind of thing and where it was, I guess I could have spent more than 5 mins thinking and it was totally gettable if I'd guessed the continent name.

What was the ilxor-adjacent game where you have to guess the word from a pool of all words?

I solved Redactle #718 in 42 guesses with an accuracy of 73.8% and a time of 00:15:49.

xp semantle

I solved Redactle #719 in 33 guesses with an accuracy of 69.7% and a time of 00:32:15.

got the surname in 11 but couldn’t think of their first name. tried a lot of potentially suitable ones, and then took a break. when I opened it again just now the name came to me just like that, you know how these things go

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