Author Topic: Redactle (Read 22948 times)

citoyen · « **on:** 20 April, 2022, 07:40:35 am »

This is ridiculous:
https://www.redactle.com

Basically, guess the Wikipedia article with all the words blanked out.

I tried it yesterday for the first time, didn't manage to solve it, gave up in frustration. And there's no reveal button, so I'm still none the wiser. Tried it again today, didn't take long to work out the general gist of what the article is about, but did take far, far too long to twig that the head word (what you need to find to "win" the game) was a variant form of a word I'd already guessed.

Not sure I'll stick with this one. Some people I follow on Twitter seem to be quite good at it, I just find it too hard to be satisfying.

lissotriton · « **Reply #1 on:** 26 April, 2022, 01:48:34 am »

That's a neat idea, I quite like it. Though depends on the article, some are rather obscure, or full of specific technical words.
Took me 300 guesses for today's article

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And guessing variants of words is kind of annoying. Does have an option in settings to automatically pluralize, which could help a bit.

Woofage · « **Reply #2 on:** 27 April, 2022, 09:47:37 am »

I'm enjoying it too.

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took me a while (maybe ~150 guesses) even though I got most of the major terminology early on.

Today's is much easier. Did it in 46

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Woofage · « **Reply #3 on:** 28 April, 2022, 10:38:19 am »

Did slightly less well today: 48. Should have done better really considering it's the

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Getting a bit bored of it now. Might just dip in from time to time when I've absolutely nothing else to do...

Woofage · « **Reply #4 on:** 29 November, 2022, 03:10:30 pm »

16 today. It was an easy one.

My best score so far is 1 (K2), and I got Lord Byron in 7.

Nuncio · « **Reply #5 on:** 29 November, 2022, 07:39:38 pm »

New to this. 30 on my first go. (But apparently it was an easy one).

Legs · « **Reply #6 on:** 25 January, 2023, 03:34:11 pm »

I got today's in 76

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Woofage · « **Reply #7 on:** 25 January, 2023, 04:13:44 pm »

39 for me

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degree meant I knew some words to throw at it.

I got yesterday's in 16, but I'm not usually that good

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FifeingEejit · « **Reply #8 on:** 25 January, 2023, 04:22:37 pm »

I seem to have a different one from yous today, got it in 22
wasn't very efficient though as I couldn't type sea correctly

Woofage · « **Reply #9 on:** 25 January, 2023, 04:46:45 pm »

It updates at 16.00 GMT

23 for me. Not bad.

Legs · « **Reply #10 on:** 25 January, 2023, 05:35:41 pm »

28 this afternoon…

Nuncio · « **Reply #11 on:** 25 January, 2023, 06:05:14 pm »

7/7 today. It helped to have a starter of 'sea'.

I DNFd yesterday on something embarrasing over 150, after a good run.

I've been practising using https://www.reddit.com/r/Redactle/comments/vlxws0/list_of_redactle_answers/. Oh, and it helps to be using https://redactle-unlimited.com/ rather than https://www.redactle.com/. Some may call it cheating.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #12 on:** 25 January, 2023, 06:05:44 pm »

28 - I like this its a new one for me.

Legs · « **Reply #13 on:** 26 January, 2023, 09:18:00 am »

Quote from: Nuncio on 25 January, 2023, 06:05:14 pm

https://redactle-unlimited.com/

Awesome - I got Differential Geometry in 105 guesses, 67 of which were hits, and James Dean in 3 guesses, all of which were hits.

Nuncio · « **Reply #14 on:** 26 January, 2023, 10:57:00 am »

Impressive. Do you remember your hits for James Dean?

If it starts to go wrong I find I get a bit desperate and Trumpy: Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

Legs · « **Reply #15 on:** 26 January, 2023, 12:23:41 pm »

Yeah, I saw that it was a person (because there dates in brackets) so I guessed 'actor'. Then I noticed that hidden in the first paragraph was "XXXXX Without A XXXXX", so I guessed "James" and "Dean"!

Nuncio · « **Reply #16 on:** 26 January, 2023, 01:07:52 pm »

Very satisfying, I'm sure.

hatler · « **Reply #17 on:** 26 January, 2023, 03:23:10 pm »

This one drove me barmy. Sucked up waaaaaay too much time. Gave up.

L CC · « **Reply #18 on:** 26 January, 2023, 05:16:04 pm »

20 (2 misses).

Happy with that as a first attempt.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #19 on:** 26 January, 2023, 05:35:57 pm »

#295 - 121

That was much harder than yesterdays.

Legs · « **Reply #20 on:** 27 January, 2023, 05:13:18 pm »

I’m struggling massively with this afternoon’s! 181 guesses so far…

Legs · « **Reply #21 on:** 27 January, 2023, 05:15:32 pm »

187! At last!

pcolbeck · « **Reply #22 on:** 27 January, 2023, 05:58:40 pm »

#296 - 77

perpetual dan · « **Reply #23 on:** 27 January, 2023, 06:59:16 pm »

I only found this yesterday. 69 today, but with some luck.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #24 on:** 28 January, 2023, 10:21:07 pm »

#29 - 166

I got the general area but couldnt hone it down quickly.