[Fictionary] redactle: a game you might enjoy

[E Cohen]

On 6/9/2022 1:43 AM, Hutch wrote:
> Tried it for the first time today and got it.
> 
> I would have finished in around 130 if I'd realized how it works (that's 
> where I got the key name that should have identified the title), but I 
> didn't know quite what was going on so didn't finish it until 291.

I think it's my new favorite game. I find it hard to not choose 
non-content words -- which will likely have lots of hits, but not tell 
me much -- versus words which are likely to be wrong but would be much 
more revealing.


> BB,
> Hutch
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> On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 1:07 PM David Turner <novalis at novalis.org 
> <mailto:novalis at novalis.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Twelve today, twelve yesterday. Would have done better today if I
>     had been on a computer (easier to count blanks). I think they're
>     getting easier overall. Either that, or I am getting better.
>     Definitely my favorite -le variant.
> 
>     On May 30, 2022 12:31:03 PM EDT, E Cohen <eac at inbox.com
>     <mailto:eac at inbox.com>> wrote:
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>         On 5/30/2022 10:20 AM, Ranjit Bhatnagar wrote:
> 
>             I've been really enjoying this puzzle-a-day game:
>             https://www.redactle.com/ <https://www.redactle.com/>
>             <https://www.redactle.com/ <https://www.redactle.com/>>
> 
> 
>         Just tried it, that *is* fun.
> 
>             Each day (at noon US Eastern time) they pick a semi-random
>             Wikipedia article and blank out most of the words. You have
>             to guess the title of the article by guessing words that
>             might appear in the article. It's fun and infuriating.
> 
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>         -- 
>         -- Eric | @GoudyBoldItalic
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