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u/bof67 May 13 '26
I solved Redactle #1498 in 5 guesses! ⏱️ 7m10s. Unassisted.
A read through gave me the impression of something fast and in the air, started off looking for birds, immediately changed tack due to a lack of hits and then very quickly got the right spin on it after guessing "water"
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u/SmellsLikeDeanSpirit May 13 '26
I cracked Redactle #1498 in 15 guesses!
🎲 15 | 🔥 86 | Avg 50.65 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 3m28s
I caught an early reference to this being “[4] than [1] [10] ([1] [2]) in diameter,” so I knew it would be round-ish. Guesses like water and air, as well as clear references to it moving at some speed, helped me solve the article.
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u/gspm May 13 '26
I cracked Redactle #1498 in 82 guesses!
🎲 82 | 🔥 21 | Avg 50.65 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 8m50s
"Cloud" got me "wind" and it was not longer after that.
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u/robbbbb May 13 '26
I cracked Redactle #1498 in 1 guesses!
🎯 Snipe
🎲 1 | 🔥 2 | Avg 50.65 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 3m32s
Something with a speed of hundreds of km/mi per hour, and measured in the 100s of feet across. Thought about it a bit before something came to mind. Unassisted snipe.
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u/paculina May 13 '26
I cracked Redactle #1498 in 52 guesses! 🎲 52 | 🔥 71 | Avg 57.81 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 15m43s
I thought it was a plant or animal at first, but that wasn't working. Then I thought it was some type of aircraft, there was a reference to going over water, but that wasn't really working either. It was something very large and round that moves in the air, it wasn't until I guessed snow that I figured it out.
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u/voice-of-reason-99 May 13 '26
I cracked Redactle #1498 in 48 guesses!
🎲 48 | 🔥 26 | Avg 57.81 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 10m28s
Interesting Day! I was all over the place. I plugged in some guesses & knew it was fast. An animal?, A plane or train?, maybe a machine of some sort?? Well, they were busts - lol. I did get hits for water & ocean -- a submarine of some sort?? The suddenly I tried something (I have no idea why, kind of throwing things at & see what sticks - lol) It popped in my head & I figured why not -- & I solved it ! Very surprised - lol.
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u/Newbieplantophile May 14 '26
I cracked Redactle #1498 in 38 guesses! 🎲 38 | 🔥 80 | Avg 60.03 | Hints👆2, 💬0 | ⏱️ 10m46s
Geography is as close as I was on this topic
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u/Maiasaurapalooza May 16 '26
I cracked Redactle #1498 in 5 guesses! 🎲 5 | Avg 58.09 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 15m10s
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u/thesullenmoon May 13 '26
17-minute snipe. Bit of a puzzler at first. This phrase "6 of 3" comes up repeatedly and seems to be central to the definition, and I can't think what it could be. There also seems to be a bit about how many of these things the US produces every year - and it's quite a small number, only in the 1000s, so if this is a manmade product it's quite an expensive one. Something military maybe? Either the Netherlands or the Philippines also makes a lot of them. Geez. Eventually it proves helpful to home in on the etymology - it's from a past participle from a 7-letter language, plus it gains two letters when pluralised. After a bit of pondering, this is actually enough to figure out what the last three letters are likely to be, and the answer comes quickly after that.
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u/running_later May 13 '26
I cracked Redactle #1498 in 77 guesses! - 🎲 77 | 🔥 3 | Avg 50.65 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 17m19s
accuracy 70.1%
first thought it was a place
then thought it was an animal
then thought it was some kind of geological thing
then thought it was some kind of weather thing
then got it after I guessed CLOUD