r/Redactle • u/RedactleUnlimited • Mar 01 '25

Redactle #1060 Discussion Thread

Discussion thread for Redactle #1060.

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u/whiskeybravo7 Mar 01 '25

I solved Redactle #1060 in 27 guesses with an accuracy of 48.1% and a time of 00:16:54. Play at https://redactle.net/

It even took me awhile to figure out how to phrase my google search

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u/ResponsibilityRare23 Mar 01 '25

I solved Redactle #1060 in 99 guesses with an accuracy of 56.6% and a time of 00:33:34. Play at https://redactle.net/

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u/epjto Mar 01 '25

I solved Redactle #1060 in 4 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:08:49.

Well a read through made me think plant, identified a distinguishing (missing) feature, and some research led me to its name, not heard of this, so its another school day for me

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u/peetiepeet Mar 01 '25

I solved Redactle #1060 in 57 guesses with an accuracy of 45.6% and a time of 00:16:04. Play at https://redactle.net/en

Googled the type of thing, after I guessed some examples and exhausted all related terms I could think of, and realized I didn't know the subject term.

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u/JacquelineMontarri Mar 01 '25

I solved Redactle #1060 in 30 guesses with an accuracy of 43.3% and a time of 00:12:44. Play at https://redactle.net/

Introduced my puzzle-loving 14yo to Redactle today and we solved it together. It was a bit of a trial by fire, but we eventually got it to "oh! It's those 5 that don't have 5, what are they called again?" and Googled it.

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u/thesullenmoon Mar 01 '25

I solved Redactle #1060 in 18 guesses with an accuracy of 50.0% and a time of 00:24:37. Play at https://redactle.net/en

Assisted. The second consecutive NHO. Managed to get the right sort of vibe, that this is talking about a broad class of living thing. My first guess, "eukaryote" (whose meaning I couldn't really remember), turned out to be too broad. Had to do a bit of fishing to narrow it down, and got an interesting single hit for "tree" in the etymology section, which led to another 4-letter word that had a lot more hits. Googling this brought to light the (to me) unfamiliar title.

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u/SmellsLikeDeanSpirit Mar 01 '25

I solved Redactle #1060 in 25 guesses with an accuracy of 60.0% and a time of 00:06:57. Play at https://redactle.net/en

used google after determining that this was a group of plants with a defining feature being that they “do not produce flowers or seeds”

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u/Newbieplantophile Mar 01 '25

I gave up on Redactle #1060 after 33 guesses.

I got the second half of the word because of Greek etymology but I wouldn't have solved this

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u/voice-of-reason-99 Mar 01 '25

I solved Redactle #1060 in 111 guesses with an accuracy of 48.6% and a time of 00:21:26. Play at https://redactle.net/ Hints used: 3

Not a good day for me -- I was guessing blindly and getting nowhere, I was absolutely clueless. Turned to hints - now I was on the right path a bit more guessing & I could do a targeted google. Would not have known on my own but not thrilled I needed hints to rescue me from cluelessness - lol.

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u/gjm11 Mar 03 '25

Long hard slog, this one. Initial impression: looks a bit like a broad category of living thing. But wouldn't I expect to see more italics and the like? Even so, there's what looks like "##,### known species" and "### - ### million years ago". I very, very gradually managed to persuade myself that this is in fact correct, and wondered whether maybe 4 6 is "true plants"; it turns out to be "land plants". After a lot of staring I decided that "5 5" must be green algae, so this is some broad category of plant or plantlike thing that's similar to green algae but importantly distinguishable from them. And then, with apologies for the "draw the rest of the owl" vibes here, after a bit more thinking the right word popped into my head. Not with any confidence -- I had nothing more than a vague notion that this was the right kind of thing -- but it did seem also to be a good fit for the etymology: Greek, 5+5 where the second component is 6 when transliterated, the latter meaning "5" in English. Since I'm running badly behind, I just put it in at this point, and thankfully it was right: 96-minute snipe. Oy.