Redacted Reveal

How to Play

1. Tap a black redaction bar to spend one reveal token and uncover the word underneath.
2. Type your guess in the text box and press enter, or tap submit. Common alternate spellings are accepted.
3. You have a small reveal budget per clue and three guess attempts per round. Use them wisely.
4. Daily mode runs one fresh clue per UTC day. Practice mode lets you keep playing with random clues from the same bank.
5. Use the keyboard if you prefer. Each redaction bar is a real button, so Tab moves between bars and Enter or Space reveals.

Tips & Tricks

• Read the title hint first. It tells you the broad category, which is usually enough to narrow the answer set before you spend any reveals.
• Reveal at the start of the paragraph. The first sentence usually carries the most distinctive nouns and is the cheapest path to a guess.
• Save guesses for high-confidence attempts. Three wrong guesses ends the round, even if you still have reveals left.
• Common nicknames work. The matcher accepts close alternate spellings and ignores accents and punctuation, so do not worry about typing the exact canonical form.

Scoring

• Base score: 100 points for solving the clue.
• Reveal bonus: up to 100 points; the more of your reveal budget you keep unspent, the bigger the bonus.
• Guess bonus: up to 60 points; one wrong guess slot saved is worth more than zero, three saved is the maximum.
• Time bonus: up to 40 points, decaying linearly to zero over a 90 second window from your first reveal or guess.
• A failed round earns 0 points across the board.

Daily and practice

• Daily: one clue, deterministic by UTC date. Replaying the same daily does not extend your streak.
• Practice: random clue from the same bank. Use it to warm up before the daily.
• Streak: only a fresh UTC daily solve bumps the daily streak counter; a fail resets it to zero.

Privacy

• Redacted Reveal does not send your typed guess off device. Telemetry events carry only derived numbers (score, reveal count, guess count, mode).
• The recap and share card use the canonical answer and your scoring numbers; your typed guess text never appears.
• Daily completion, current streak, and high score are stored in browser local storage on your device only. Clearing site data resets them.

Use cases*

• Daily curiosity break: one clue is short enough for a coffee queue.
• Vocabulary warm-up: predicting the missing word builds a small habit of close reading.
• Friendly competition: every player sees the same daily clue, so scores compare cleanly.
• Mobile-friendly play: redaction bars and the guess form reflow to small screens and only need taps.

*Redacted Reveal is an entertainment game and not an educational tool. Use case suggestions are for casual play only.

How do I play Redacted Reveal?

Reveal words from a redacted clue and guess the hidden topic.

Is Redacted Reveal free to play?

Redacted Reveal is free to play on STS Games in any modern web browser.

What kind of game is Redacted Reveal?

Redacted Reveal is a word game designed for quick, replayable sessions.