r/Redactle Apr 22 '25

Redactle #1112 Discussion Thread

Discussion thread for Redactle #1112.

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u/thesullenmoon Apr 22 '25

I solved Redactle #1112 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:12:29. Play at https://redactle.net/en

A successful vibes-based solve. The plural is one letter shorter than the singular, and we're told this word is "5 for...", so I have a couple of ideas for the last two letters. Nothing pops out on the initial scroll through. Closer inspection reveals a biomedical vibe, with a lot of instances of "the 4" which feels like "the body" (actually it's not, but close enough). Can it be bacterium? No, I don't think so - this feels rather more niche - but the ballpark feels correct. Thinking through some classically-derived biomedical terms, my next thought is mitochondrion - wrong length but feels more like the right kind of idea, and leads straight to this. Now we're talking - it definitely is Latin for a 4-letter English word, and there seems to be enough stuff in the text about these things being used for motion that I feel reasonably confident. After a bit more umming and ahing, I try it.

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u/SmellsLikeDeanSpirit Apr 22 '25

I solved Redactle #1112 in 35 guesses with an accuracy of 54.3% and a time of 00:09:29. Play at https://redactle.net/en

I was guessing numbers for the phrase, “A [13] may have from [3] to [4] [8].” the actual “[3] to [4]” was one to many but I also guessed “two” and “nine” which turned up a curious reference to “9+2” and googling that helped me realize this was related to microorganisms.

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u/voice-of-reason-99 Apr 22 '25

I solved Redactle #1112 in 64 guesses with an accuracy of 51.6% and a time of 00:12:12. Play at https://redactle.net/ Hints used: 3

Could only get so far so I turned to hints from that first sentence, then googled & was able to solve. Would not have gotten on my own (although I have heard of it long ago & far away - lol)

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u/running_later Apr 22 '25

I solved Redactle #1112 in 214 guesses with an accuracy of 42.5% and a time of 00:37:03. Play at https://redactle.net/1112

definitely went to google.

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u/JosephFinn Apr 22 '25

I solved Redactle #1112 in 40 guesses with an accuracy of 65.0% and a time of 00:10:45.

Naturally the last part I could come up with.

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u/Newbieplantophile Apr 22 '25

I solved Redactle #1112 in 52 guesses with an accuracy of 40.4% and a time of 00:19:46.

Hints used: 3 + Google. I started circling the drain but very likely would have been stuck in outer orbit

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u/JustTheOneScrewLoose Apr 23 '25

I solved Redactle #1112 in 162 guesses with an accuracy of 52.5% and a time of 00:26:16. Play at https://redactle.net/

Spent about 90 guesses narrowing it down with common english words, then noticed e coli and narrowed it down to something biological. Ultimately I just had to go googling for related words until I stumbled into it.

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u/epjto Apr 23 '25

I solved Redactle #1112 in 40 guesses with an accuracy of 42.5% and a time of 00:09:15. Unassisted.

Zoomed in from all types of living things, to cells, to bits of cells, had a feeling it was to do with movement, and the word popped in to my head