______ the ____________: Redactle

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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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four weeks ago) link

settling into a groove here, it seems

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

I solved Redactle #804 in 74 guesses with an accuracy of 83.8% and a time of 00:24:25.

ah oui

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 18 June 2024 21:52 (one week ago) link

I solved Redactle #804 in 9 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:12:14.

ledge, Wednesday, 19 June 2024 08:49 (one week ago) link

I solved Redactle #805 in 234 guesses with an accuracy of 62.8% and a time of 00:59:29.

…and then suddenly there’s that lightbulb moment for that second word after all. never heard of this place tho

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 19 June 2024 22:28 (one week ago) link

I solved Redactle #806 in 87 guesses with an accuracy of 69.0% and a time of 00:19:03.

another scorcher! had no idea, until I tried *that* word

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Thursday, 20 June 2024 18:18 (six days ago) link

I solved Redactle #806 in 4 guesses with an accuracy of 75.0% and a time of 00:08:33.

that ten letter word? I'm primed for it now. didn't get yesterday's though.

ledge, Thursday, 20 June 2024 18:32 (six days ago) link

I solved Redactle #808 in 42 guesses with an accuracy of 66.7% and a time of 00:20:42.

cheated with the first names, misspelled the first one two times

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Saturday, 22 June 2024 21:04 (four days ago) link

I solved Redactle #808 in 8 guesses with an accuracy of 50.0% and a time of 00:07:53.

also cheated with the first two.

re: yesterday's:

first guess was 'god' and I had the definition in six, but had to give up. It's surely a belief or belief system, not an act or state.

ledge, Saturday, 22 June 2024 21:44 (four days ago) link

I solved Redactle #811 in 48 guesses with an accuracy of 81.3% and a time of 00:19:18.

should have made the jump to *y**o*o*y much sooner once the G+R ax…, well, rose top of mind

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 19:38 (yesterday) link


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