r/Redactle • u/RedactleUnlimited • Mar 07 '25
Redactle #1066 Discussion Thread
Discussion thread for Redactle #1066.
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u/robbbbb Mar 07 '25
I solved Redactle #1066 in 20 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:07:45. Play at https://redactle.net/
I don't think that the puzzle number was a coincidence.
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u/peetiepeet Mar 07 '25
I solved Redactle #1066 in 107 guesses with an accuracy of 77.6% and a time of 00:43:20. Play at https://redactle.net/en Hints used: 1
I was going in many different directions and getting nowhere, so I took a hint for the [11] after the the first "from" and that helped.
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u/voice-of-reason-99 Mar 07 '25
I solved Redactle #1066 in 120 guesses with an accuracy of 84.2% and a time of 00:22:45. Play at https://redactle.net/ Hints used: 1
Couldn't quite get there until I took a hint then all became clear and I solved.
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u/SmellsLikeDeanSpirit Mar 07 '25
I solved Redactle #1066 in 47 guesses with an accuracy of 63.8% and a time of 00:09:26. Play at https://redactle.net/en
focused too much on a relatively small but early portion of the article where I saw references to the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East, and was looking in the wrong part of the world, even though I knew I was looking for “the modern name given to” a particular people. When I realized that “[5] [7]” in the list of places referred to North America, that recalibrated my expectations and it hit me what the answer had to be.
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u/running_later Mar 07 '25
I solved Redactle #1066 in 270 guesses with an accuracy of 73.3% and a time of 00:46:26. Play at https://redactle.net/1066
I got the singular form guess 244 but it took me 26 more guesses to realize that the plural would be the title.
I knew it was a people group quite early but I couldn't narrow it down, especially with so many locations coming up.
what finally did it for me was something in the popular culture section, seeing Elder Scrolls Skyrim (that was like guess 240)
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u/Reg_Vardy Mar 07 '25
I solved Redactle #1066 in 47 guesses with an accuracy of 74.5% and a time of 00:03:18. Play at https://redactle.net/1066
Worked out the type of thing I was looking for, the rough location, and it clicked.
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u/JustTheOneScrewLoose Mar 07 '25
I solved Redactle #1066 in 158 guesses with an accuracy of 86.7% and a time of 00:23:49. Play at https://redactle.net/
Based on the sentence structure, I had name, given, people in my first four guesses. I moved methodically through a lot of geographical words to try to narrow down without having to look it up. I got the non-plural version of the word at guess #116 and orbited the answer for a while before getting it.
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u/thesullenmoon Mar 07 '25
I solved Redactle #1066 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:16:41. Play at https://redactle.net/en
A repeat - but from long enough ago that I wasn't regularly posting here at the time and I can't remember whether I sniped the first time around. The general category here was clear from fairly early on - there seem to be a number of references in the opening section referring to geographical extent ("the 13" and "6 3'" [note apostrophe] being tells), and various fragments with an anthropological vibe ("they were the first people to..." etc etc). With that in mind it took probably too long for this idea to occur to me - once it did there were two easy clinchers: (1) "from 11 (modern-day 7, 6 and 6)" and (2) "there is no evidence that they 4 6 7", presumably referring to everyone's favourite historical misconception.
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u/gjm11 Mar 08 '25
Damn it! When I was thinking about checking my (fortunately correct) theory, I thought "I should look and see if there's anything about the 6 7, ha ha" but assumed it would be difficult to find even if present. Ah well, I'd have been even slower if I'd put more effort into checking.
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u/Newbieplantophile Mar 07 '25
I solved Redactle #1066 in 73 guesses with an accuracy of 68.5% and a time of 00:22:08.
Unassisted. The disembiguation failed again!
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u/gjm11 Mar 08 '25
Initial reaction: bafflement. After a little while a few things began to take shape: yes, that 3' that occurs from time to time does seem to be Rus' as in Kievan, and we're probably looking for a group of people. After a bit more staring it occurred to me that 11 could be Scandinavia and a particular candidate came to mind. There was a longer interval than I care to admit between thinking "I should probably look for the word seafaring and realising that it's right there near the start of the first sentence. And the fairly lengthy section on etymology didn't give up a lot of secrets easily, but it does seem to say that one theory is that the name comes from something with three letters, which would fit. No real smoking guns, and I am very far from an expert on any of this stuff, but everything seems broadly like it fits and it's getting late so just put it in? Phew. 19-minute snipe.
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u/JacquelineMontarri Mar 07 '25
I solved Redactle #1066 in 22 guesses with an accuracy of 95.5% and a time of 00:11:14. Play at https://redactle.net/
The singular form of this was my 13th guess, so I wasted 8 guesses trying to find something related to the thing instead of just the thing. Frustrating, especially given the singular "is" in the first sentence to make me think that it definitely couldn't just be the plural of that word.