After posting mine, see knoath blurred same frustration, fortunately, mine went a little faster.
I bailed at 43. I, too, didn’t think to check history. I saw the 10th century and thought I knew nothing that happened in the10th century, so just quit.
151, 70%
Oh, I went the other way. History was literally my first guess. I wasn’t convinced it was a country, but I did try damn near every other country in Europe. I’d try a country or two, then move one, come back and try another country or empire. Jeez.
I solved Redactle Unlimited #398 in 42 guesses with an accuracy of 97.62% and a time of 00:12:11. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
403 players have played this game so far.
| Median | Average | Your Game | |
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| Duration | 00:07:17 | 00:08:39 | 00:12:11 |
| Guesses | 44 | 61.94 | 42 |
| Accuracy | 84.62% | 81.11% | 97.62% |
146 - 82%
forgot about the “HISTORY OF” stuff
I solved Redactle Unlimited #398 in 67 guesses with an accuracy of 77.61% and a time of 00:26:04.
I solved Redactle Unlimited #399 in 57 guesses with an accuracy of 77.19% and a time of 00:04:41.
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56 players have played this game so far.
| Median | Average | Your Game | |
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| Duration | 00:01:35 | 00:03:13 | 00:04:41 |
| Guesses | 55 | 58.98 | 57 |
| Accuracy | 80.95% | 75.57% | 77.19% |
28, 89%
I got novel and film, that let me piece together ‘coming-of-age.’ Knew it was a woman, three letter middle name, yes. Glad it worked, I don’t have a long list of coming-of-age books in my brain.
I solved Redactle Unlimited #399 in 46 guesses with an accuracy of 58.7% and a time of 00:17:59.
I suspected it was a fictional name, given it was in italics. Guessed “he” very early and got lots of hits (but tellingly, none in the first paragraph) but did not guess “she”. For a while, I was trying to think of male characters that had had multiple movies made. Coming of age finally gave it away
You solved Redactle Unlimited #399 in 74 guesses with 63.51% accuracy
Honestly, I don’t think I even knew Little Women was a coming of age story. Never read it.
But I figured it out somehow.
90 - 85%
embarrassed
I solved Redactle Unlimited #399 in 49 guesses with an accuracy of 73.47% and a time of 00:11:16.
You solved Redactle Unlimited #399 in 38 guesses with 60.53% accuracy and a time of 00:14:35!
I got that it was a book by an American woman pretty fast. Joan Didion’s name was the first that popped into my head and Joan gave me Joan Bennett, which led to the title.
I solved Redactle Unlimited #399 in 43 guesses with an accuracy of 74.42% and a time of 00:12:24.
46, 56%
I had ‘petrol or diesel fuel,’ and was really thinking about fuels that you might use in manufacturing, or heating a home, or whatever. I even got ‘portmanteau,’ so I knew the name was a hybrid. I finally guessed ‘world’ and saw ‘world war II’ and that did it.
I solved Redactle Unlimited #400 in 26 guesses with an accuracy of 53.85% and a time of 00:07:40.
I had the phrase “burns longer than gasoline”. I thought I had it with diesel. I remembered that napalm burns a long time but didn’t really expect it to be the answer.
99 - 63%
once again took too long
I solved Redactle Unlimited #400 in 42 guesses with an accuracy of 59.52% and a time of 00:14:59. Play at https://redactle-unlimited.com/
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| Median | Average | Your Game | |
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| Duration | 00:07:18 | 00:09:55 | 00:14:59 |
| Guesses | 46 | 67.57 | 42 |
| Accuracy | 60.00% | 53.98% | 59.52% |
You solved Redactle Unlimited #400 in 80 guesses with 43.75% accuracy
Well, I knew right away it was something very hot. I wasn’t thinking a weapon at first.
You solved Redactle Unlimited #400 in 69 guesses with 47.83% accuracy and a time of 00:10:44!
I was thinking weapon and then fire bombing in particular and getting a little worried that my guesses weren’t leading anywhere. I eventually tried Vietnam and that got me on the right path. I’d tried President to see if I could narrow the timeframe down, and I got a hit, but never guessed the mentioned President. I stopped because I thought i’d gotten too recent. I’m really glad I didn’t guess Obama because then I’d have really been stuck on the wrong time period and would have never solved this.