______ the ____________: Redactle

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I solved Redactle #771 in 114 guesses with an accuracy of 58.8% and a time of 00:22:17.

just dickin’ around

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Thursday, 16 May 2024 20:37 (one month ago) link

I solved Redactle #776 in 16 guesses with an accuracy of 87.5% and a time of 00:19:52. Hints used: 1

thought I wouldn’t get the main word, so found a clue and did an outside search. should have given my brain some more breathing space tho, but I actually knew that name and some of my first guesses were very close

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 20:08 (three weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #776 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:08:55.

figured out the country but did not know the name and would never have got it without cheating. which I did.

ledge, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 20:21 (three weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #777 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:05:35.

it’s that time again

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 19:50 (three weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #778 in 107 guesses with an accuracy of 55.1% and a time of 00:20:04.

all my own work!

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Thursday, 23 May 2024 20:38 (three weeks ago) link

I got Ecuador in one with the aid of a map...

I solved Redactle #778 in 34 guesses with an accuracy of 58.8% and a time of 00:38:28.
Hints used: 3

not all my own work :( I had appropriation at 19, which is the first 'see also', that monopolised my thinking from then on.

ledge, Friday, 24 May 2024 09:50 (three weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #779 in 41 guesses with an accuracy of 58.5% and a time of 00:11:47.

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Friday, 24 May 2024 18:12 (three weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #780 in 254 guesses with an accuracy of 64.2% and a time of 00:41:22.

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Saturday, 25 May 2024 23:38 (three weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #780 in 7 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:03:12.

had to cheat on 779 berbeberberrbeberr

ledge, Sunday, 26 May 2024 09:46 (three weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #782 in 18 guesses with an accuracy of 72.2% and a time of 00:07:33.

sticking to the plan

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Monday, 27 May 2024 22:27 (three weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #783 in 17 guesses with an accuracy of 64.7% and a time of 00:06:36.

that’s several guesses too many. should have given the Dutch version of the name (hint: acronym is OVSE) some thought here. would have helped

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 18:54 (two weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #783 in 13 guesses with an accuracy of 84.6% and a time of 00:18:32.

never heard of it. my wife got the second word. reminds me of knight rider's "foundation for law and government".

ledge, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 19:24 (two weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #784 in 15 guesses with an accuracy of 60.0% and a time of 00:06:26.

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 16:41 (two weeks ago) link

settling into a groove here, it seems

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 16:42 (two weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #784 in 19 guesses with an accuracy of 63.2% and a time of 00:06:37.

ledge, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 18:35 (two weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #786 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:01:56. Play at https://redactle.net/

Wasn’t sure what this was until I scrolled down and saw “_’d ___ to __ the _____ a ____” and got it straight away.

Dan Worsley, Friday, 31 May 2024 16:21 (two weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #786 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:06:03.

exact same experience

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Friday, 31 May 2024 17:56 (two weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #786 in 13 guesses with an accuracy of 84.6% and a time of 00:09:53.

I don't know what that quote means!

quite pleased with getting Human  papillomavirus infection yesterday in 15 tho.

ledge, Friday, 31 May 2024 20:18 (two weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #787 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:03:45.

It’s Greatest Hits Week!

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Saturday, 1 June 2024 18:24 (two weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #788 in 10 guesses with an accuracy of 80.0% and a time of 00:08:13.

got my Dutch hopes up for a sec, but nope

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Sunday, 2 June 2024 19:37 (two weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #787 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:03:45.

I solved Redactle #788 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:13:49.

should've been one minute not thirteen!

ledge, Sunday, 2 June 2024 20:39 (two weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #789 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:06:15.

lucky first guess of 'food'

ledge, Monday, 3 June 2024 18:48 (two weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #789 in 25 guesses with an accuracy of 68.0% and a time of 00:07:38.

I started with ‘water’

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Monday, 3 June 2024 20:11 (two weeks ago) link

I solved Redactle #790 in 141 guesses with an accuracy of 75.2% and a time of 00:24:19.

was playing this very distractedly, while listening to a podcast where the subject at hand was actually mentioned, so have at it. your target is 5 guesses or less!

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 16:46 (one week ago) link

I solved Redactle #790 in 13 guesses with an accuracy of 53.8% and a time of 00:08:14.

all the less likely three letter animals came into my head first.

ledge, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 11:10 (one week ago) link

I solved Redactle #791 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:00:18.

ledge, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 16:18 (one week ago) link

I solved Redactle #791 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:01:04.

yes, I will admit, one too many

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 20:23 (one week ago) link

I solved Redactle #793 in 172 guesses with an accuracy of 51.2% and a time of 00:27:56.

didn’t have a clue until guess 169, when I tried ‘play’. by then I had amassed enough secondary information to get it in 3

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Friday, 7 June 2024 19:06 (one week ago) link

I solved Redactle #793 in 14 guesses with an accuracy of 42.9% and a time of 00:13:53.

'two' gave me two-______ - handed? seater? ah, player.

ledge, Friday, 7 June 2024 19:09 (one week ago) link

I solved Redactle #794 in 44 guesses with an accuracy of 72.7% and a time of 00:14:44.

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Saturday, 8 June 2024 23:35 (one week ago) link

I solved Redactle #794 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:02:42.

'_____ per over' say no more

ledge, Sunday, 9 June 2024 06:25 (one week ago) link

I solved Redactle #795 in 33 guesses with an accuracy of 75.8% and a time of 00:16:07.

lol had initially discarded the right solution for the second word, somehow thinking it was 8 letters

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Sunday, 9 June 2024 16:51 (one week ago) link

I solved Redactle #795 in 10 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:08:42.

almost forgot the 'if it's _______ of something it must be history' trick.

ledge, Sunday, 9 June 2024 17:49 (one week ago) link

I solved Redactle #796 in 208 guesses with an accuracy of 76.4% and a time of 00:58:18.

ridiculous! assumed for some reason this was about some 19th-century work (18th had no hits, so I didn’t look, or think, back further). at several points it did cross my mind that I could throw a Shakespeare in the mix, because why not, but I didn’t really see the use…

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Monday, 10 June 2024 21:22 (one week ago) link

I solved Redactle #796 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:01:57.

idk what caused the penny to drop.

ledge, Monday, 10 June 2024 21:49 (one week ago) link

I solved Redactle #797 in 8 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:08:45.

lucky to pick a related word as my 4th guess

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 11 June 2024 18:47 (six days ago) link

I solved Redactle #797 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:04:05.

no clue till I scrolled to the bottom and saw phrases including (roll) out the (red) (carpet)

ledge, Tuesday, 11 June 2024 19:51 (six days ago) link

I solved Redactle #798 in 18 guesses with an accuracy of 94.4% and a time of 00:13:55.

another one with room for improvement

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 12 June 2024 16:47 (five days ago) link

I solved Redactle #798 in 48 guesses with an accuracy of 72.9% and a time of 00:55:32.

declined, when I thought it was a film studio or company of some kind, to guess 'disney'.

ledge, Thursday, 13 June 2024 13:08 (four days ago) link

also i was throwing two letter names at it, tried 'al' which gave me ___-al-_____. aha! i thought. batman! i have till now never ever ever heard of ub iwerks

ledge, Thursday, 13 June 2024 13:12 (four days ago) link

I solved Redactle #799 in 11 guesses with an accuracy of 81.8% and a time of 00:15:15.

book of the what, dead? well, yeah.

ledge, Thursday, 13 June 2024 19:14 (four days ago) link

I solved Redactle #799 in 139 guesses with an accuracy of 58.3% and a time of 00:25:33.

Swer Buik! (first instalment of an ongoing series of anagrams in honour of Ub Iwerks

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Thursday, 13 June 2024 21:00 (four days ago) link

I solved Redactle #800 in 8 guesses with an accuracy of 75.0% and a time of 00:13:25.

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Friday, 14 June 2024 19:27 (three days ago) link

I solved Redactle #800 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:04:17.

ledge, Saturday, 15 June 2024 07:44 (two days ago) link

I solved Redactle #801 in 7 guesses with an accuracy of 71.4% and a time of 00:06:01.
Hints used: 2

not again. cheated, essentially. I was there 30 years ago.

ledge, Saturday, 15 June 2024 16:28 (two days ago) link

I solved Redactle #801 in 57 guesses with an accuracy of 66.7% and a time of 00:29:55.

my less than impressive run on US *t**s continues. and I also cheated

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Sunday, 16 June 2024 13:17 (yesterday) link

I solved Redactle #802 in 30 guesses with an accuracy of 73.3% and a time of 00:10:50.

the theme, it continues

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Sunday, 16 June 2024 22:37 (yesterday) link

I solved Redactle #802 in 8 guesses with an accuracy of 75.0% and a time of 00:04:24.

took a stab at the first word which paid off.

ledge, Monday, 17 June 2024 06:47 (twelve hours ago) link


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