Redactle 2!

[MrsElm]

By popular demand, here is thread no. 2!
You can play here: Redactle.com
Previous thread is www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4535817-redactle?page=40&reply=116984560
The only rules are:
No spoilers please
It's up to you if you Google or not!
Enjoy!

I sm stuck. Got various words and particular formats of letters and numbers that should help but it's a subject way out my comfort zone and none of the words I know, that I feel should fit, do. Driving me bananas. Today's might be one to let go of and accept defeat.

Same breathmiller I have a lot of relevant words and know I’m in the right area but don’t think I’ll get there if even you lot with degrees struggled.
I don’t even have much of a sentence to Google with.

I gave up and googled around the subject area but even that took forever!!!! Not a word that I use….

@PurpleDrain Once I scrolled back to the top after filling in lots of technical bits there was actually quite a big clue using simple words near the top of the article.
(I hope that's an acceptable hint to give on the thread !)

@Breathmiller @PurpleDrain if it’s not your area you will need to Google - it’s not an everyday word for anyone who doesn’t have specific knowledge of the topic. I do and I struggled.

I googled two rather unhelpful phrases plus a word from the first paragraph which got me the answer. There is no way I would have got it without.

Well, the prize prat award goes to...

I always start with a skim through and I clocked the chemical formula straight away and knew what it was. I should have had it within 10 guesses, this is my area... instead it took me 155 and a lot of head scratching because I didn't think to guess the singular form rather than the plural 🤦‍♀️

I solved today's Redactle (#28) in 155 guesses with an accuracy of 40.00%. Played at www.redactle.com/

This is why I have the option set to auto fill in single/plurals!

I am googling like mad and still no further forward. 😆

Had to Google today - I am absolutely not a scientist. When does it renew by the way? Seems to be some time in the late afternoon rather than midnight (am in UK).

5pm Grumpy

Thank you

I had to get dh and DS involved. Ds is a boffin and he got it. I'm just glad it's over and I can get on with my life again.

I solved today's Redactle (#28) in 333 guesses with an accuracy of 34.23%.

Half an hour to spare! I got the general area quite early but know nothing about it.

Enjoyed changing alphabets on my phone for a bit of extra fun though hardly helpful.

What was it?? Today was worse than yesterday 🤣🤣

Aaargh....can I rant about monosaccharide now!

I spent forever on a completely wrong track of organic chemistry rather than biochemistry, I was thinking aldehydes, ketones, benzene-like compounds. I'd even drawn pictures of what it would like. With hindsight, I got a hit on carbohydrate earlier on and nothing on hydrocarbon which should really have sounded alarm bells!

Once I finally put in sugar, I should have got it fairly quickly but it took me another 20 or so guesses as I managed to type in monsaccharide. I couldn't understand how the article started monosaccharides... but it wasn't in the title.

Congratulations, you solved Redactle #29!
• The answer was:
• You solved it in 35 guesses
• Your accuracy was 57.14%
• You have solved 3 consecutive Redactles

I'm so happy 😁

Genuinely troubled by the speed (not number of guesses) with which I got this one.

I solved today's Redactle (#29) in 144 guesses with an accuracy of 34.72%. Globally, 13 players have solved today's Redactle so far.

At least you know what these things are! Most of us mere mortals were just sitting here going UH???? I had to input the whole alphabet individually and start googling formulae and even then... took ages.

I've been ill today, I'd never have got that if that's all I'd done all day as I abandoned it quite early on.

I solved today's Redactle (#29) in 77 guesses with an accuracy of 45.45%. Played at www.redactle.com/

A little distressed about how quickly and easily I got that one.

Yesterday, I got most of it and looked up sugar on Wikipedia to find out which one was the title.

FFS!!

Given everything I bang on about here, you'd have thought I'd have got that sooner!

I got #28 in 200 guesses with an accuracy of 33.00%

I'm beginning to realise that the first paragraph is really the most essential - later ones tend to get so technical that they can often send you off down weird rabbit holes.

Got today's in 73, my first successful attempt.

I solved today's Redactle (#29) in 78 guesses with an accuracy of 44.87%. Played at www.redactle.com/

Today’s one was actually enjoyable unlike yesterday’s.

I would like to retract my previous comment that 'I like this game'.