I solved Redactle #800 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:05:09.
At first I was thinking of a city in a 5-letter country but saw that the currency was in $ (only used by a handful of countries). It looked like it was the 5-letter most populous city in the U.S - which could be 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th or 10th - so top ten. Top 10 6-letter city in 5-letter state, not too many of those.
I solved Redactle #801 in 57 guesses with an accuracy of 77.2% and a time of 00:13:40. Play at https://redactle.net/
I tried what I thought were all the 8 letter states and could have sworn I tried Maryland, but didn’t, so I wasted time trying to fill in to get more hints.
Cheated. I feel foolish for not getting it. I kept thinking the only extinct bird from North America that I know is the Carolina parakeet, but I completely forgot the more famous one.