Redactle is a daily browser game where the user tries to determine the subject of a random obfuscated Wikipedia article, chosen from Wikipedia's 10,000 Vital Articles (Level 4).
A new puzzle will be available every day at 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC).
The original version of Redactle (created by John Turner) is no longer available but you can play the new official version on Redactle.Net.
There is also a history of previous games available.
How to Play
- Type a word into the input box and press Enter or the Guess button.
- All occurrences of that word will become unredacted in the article body.
- To win, figure out the title or subject of the article.
Tips and Quirks
- Each guess must be one word only (Guessing multiple words at a time will not work).
- Most Punctuation is automatically revealed in the article page. Some punctuation occasionally escapes Redactle's filter and becomes redacted.
- Guesses are case insensitive, and letters with diacritics (é, ü, etc) are considered to not have those diacritics.
- Shift+Enter will attempt to automatically pluralize or singularize your guess. There are certain edge cases (e.g. guessing a nonsense word like "asdf") where this will submit nonsense guesses.
- You will likely encounter some formatting and punctuation quirks. These are a result of stripping away certain characters and elements present in the original Wikipedia article that don't play nicely with Redactle.
- Many common words are automatically revealed for your convenience. The list includes most English prepositions and articles. Guessing these words does not count toward your score.
- Check the Settings menu for configuration options.
- More guidance and learning puzzles
Does Redactle collect any user data?
This version of Redactle does not collect success statistics or other user data.
Note: This version of Redactle is an unofficial mirror of the original official site and adds a few additional enhancements.
Version 1.0