I didn't even know there were different spellings
. I knew the sort of thing immediately, and near enough exactly the thing within a few guesses, but had to dredge my memory for the actual word, only to find out there's another spelling which required a partial Google to check.
I solved today's Redactle (#71) in 37 guesses with an accuracy of 86.49%. Played at www.redactle.com/