Redactle 4

[InMySpareTime]

Time for a new thread.

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I solved today's Redactle (#76) in 147 guesses with an accuracy of 31.97%. Played at www.redactle.com/

It took ages to get what it was about, then once I had had the answer in a few goes

@Chikapu - thank you. I'd never have got that!

I solved todays in 84 guesses, most of which were in the same area but not quite.

I solved today's Redactle (#76) in 103 guesses with an accuracy of 43.69%. Played at www.redactle.com/

Took me ages to narrow it down. I think sometimes these shorter articles can be more difficult

I solved today's Redactle (#76) in 96 guesses with an accuracy of 19.79%. Played at www.redactle.com

Made that more complicated than it needed to be.

Some luck in initial guesses having got the most general possible idea of the theme.

I solved today's Redactle (#76) in 7 guesses with an accuracy of 71.43%. Played at www.redactle.com/

I solved today's Redactle (#76) in 71 guesses with an accuracy of 29.58%. Played at www.redactle.com/

This seemed to be cut off part way through possibly due to a link in the original. Has that happened before

Oh, so it was. Something it didn't know how to handle, I suppose.
Another oddity today was that I had an idea what a phrase in the first section might be, but then there was a refresh and that bit had changed slightly. There was an alternative which made sense. I just had a look at the history on the wiki page itself and there was indeed that edit (though at 16:34, not sure what timezone).

I solved today's Redactle (#76) in 60 guesses with an accuracy of 38.33%. Played at www.redactle.com/

I solved today's Redactle (#76) in 58 guesses with an accuracy of 39.66%. Played at www.redactle.com/

surprising result
I solved today's Redactle (#76) in 146 guesses with an accuracy of 26.03%. Played at www.redactle.com/

I solved today's Redactle (#76) in 211 guesses with an accuracy of 31.28%. Played at www.redactle.com/

Once I'd worked out what sort of thing the target is, it came together pretty easily. Lots of 'nul point' guesses to begin with though

Doing these puzzles is really helping my general knowledge, as I always at least skim the revealed article, and sometimes read more closely

I solved today's Redactle (#76) in 44 guesses with an accuracy of 40.91%. Played at www.redactle.com/

In contrast, I had the general area by about half way through and lots of guesses I thought were useful, weren't.

Nice one today. Straight forward and uncomplicated. I solved today's Redactle (#76) in 33 guesses with an accuracy of 42.42%. Played at www.redactle.com/

I solved today's Redactle (#76) in 255 guesses with an accuracy of 29.41%. Played at www.redactle.com/

Made a right meal of that!

59 guesses today. Had to have a few goes at the first word.

I solved today's Redactle (#76) in 22 guesses with an accuracy of 59.09%. Played at www.redactle.com/

What did everyone discover yesterday before resorting to Google? I had it was a German philosopher and the rough time period. I had never actually heard of him.

The same - though I'd not entered any guesses I was fairly sure it was a German philosopher who was alive during WW I. I didn't know any who were 3,7 letters so at that point there wasn't much point persisting with the text. I found a list from which it was either Max Scheler or Leo Strauss, and tried 'Max' first, as that seemed somewhat more likely than Leo to be in the text somewhere even if it wasn't the target.

I had Max and German Philosopher before googling.

I had “anthropologist” which wasn’t terribly helpful.

I've been busy so sat down at quarter to five to play. At five to, I messaged ds1 in desperation who gave me German philosopher, this with ww1 which I had helped and I just got a result.
I didn't post this one though as it was a bit of a cheat but I didn't want to lose my streak.

I might try this one a little earlier in the day tomorrow.

Did anyone get yesterday's without a search? (I didn't Google, I DuckDuckGo'ed)

Nope, I definitely searched for that one.

Nope, even Google wasn’t terribly helpful.

I solved today's Redactle (#76) in 25 guesses with an accuracy of 72.00%. Played at www.redactle.com/