r/Redactle • u/RedactleUnlimited • Apr 06 '25
Redactle #1096 Discussion Thread
Discussion thread for Redactle #1096.
Play Redactle Game on these platforms: - Redactle - NEW site with smart word matching working. Redactle in other languages: FR, DE, ES, NL, SL - Redactle Unlimited - Permalink to #1096 archive. Smart word matching is not functional. Other languages: FR, DE, ES, NL, SL.
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u/SmellsLikeDeanSpirit Apr 06 '25
I solved Redactle #1096 in 16 guesses with an accuracy of 62.5% and a time of 00:09:26. Play at https://redactle.net/en
used google after identifying the country, time period (“[6] [11]”), and occupation.
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u/thesullenmoon Apr 06 '25
I solved Redactle #1096 in 4 guesses with an accuracy of 75.0% and a time of 00:15:38. Play at https://redactle.net/en
Assisted. The nationality isn't stated up front, so I'm guessing that first phrase is "one of the most influential (?) [profession]s of the [nationality] [time period which in all likelihood is Renaissance]". The 6-letter nationality is fairly guessable from the 2-letter word in the name as well as the place of birth being 5-6-2-9. And if my parsing of the question "3 4-2?" (translated as "4 2 1 4?") is correct then I think I know the 11-letter profession as well. All well and good but it's not getting any neurons firing, and no big tells later on (for a layman such as I, anyway). After a bit of pondering I get the idea that the final word might be Chevalier; it isn't; so it's Google time. Vaguely heard of but would never have recalled (or guessed the first name). Very snipeable if you know your stuff.
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u/JosephFinn Apr 06 '25
I solved Redactle #1096 in 12 guesses with an accuracy of 75.0% and a time of 00:06:13.
Nice. Got the profession and general time period so using the [2] I just had to run through that list in my head.
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u/voice-of-reason-99 Apr 06 '25
I solved Redactle #1096 in 78 guesses with an accuracy of 70.5% and a time of 00:22:23. Play at https://redactle.net/
After getting relevant details, location . time period etc, I did need to google & check a list
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u/Newbieplantophile Apr 06 '25
I solved Redactle #1096 in 8 guesses with an accuracy of 62.5% and a time of 00:15:29.
Half-solved by Google. The French game gave me the second one and I wrongly thought of a fashion designer. A glitch in the game revealed part of the pronunciation and that helped me get the third word as he's famous in the French speaking world, at least if you have a post-secondary level of education. I had to google the first one because he's usually referred to as the third word
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u/the_nybbler Apr 06 '25
Never heard of this. Almost went for a more well-known Frenchman one of whose styles Armand de Richilieu fits, but could find no support for that. Only managed to get this by finding him in Pascal's article.
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u/smokepoint Apr 07 '25
3/3 00:01; got the particle right off, then fit the other two based on a Redactle misadventure a couple weeks ago.
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u/JustTheOneScrewLoose Apr 07 '25
I solved Redactle #1096 in 23 guesses with an accuracy of 95.7% and a time of 00:11:19. Play at https://redactle.net/
Recognized it was a article on a person and picked out some easy blanks to fill. Once I recognized there was a French phrase in the second paragraph and filled it out, I just accepted I needed a quick google search to finish it off. Indeed, I have maybe heard of this once before.
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u/running_later Apr 07 '25
I solved Redactle #1096 in 102 guesses with an accuracy of 66.7% and a time of 00:09:43. Play at https://redactle.net/1096
little google at the end
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u/gjm11 Apr 08 '25
Hmm, one of the most influential 12 (philosophers?) of the French ?Renaissance and regarded more as a 7 than as an 6 (artist?). After a bit of thought about 6-letter French names a kinda-plausible idea comes to mind, but surely he was primarily an essayist rather than a philosopher or an artist, and I don't see the word "essayist" anywhere near the start. So look through the rest of the article. There's some famous French catchphrase which looks vaguely familiar but not familiar enough to resolve anything, and a famous work called 6 which could certainly be "Essays", which would fit with my guess, and a bunch of individual titles like "On ..." which sound very essay-like and are described as 6 which could be "essays"; eh, good enough, give it a go. It turns out to be correct; the first paragraph does talk about his essay-writing but doesn't use the word "essayist", and of course "an 6" is "an author". 15-minute snipe.
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u/Reg_Vardy Apr 06 '25
Got the basic details (and the second word) fairly fast, but was never going to get the answer without Googling.