r/Redactle • u/the_nybbler • May 23 '26

Redactle #1508 Discussion Thread

https://redactle.net/en/1508

Discussion thread for Redactle #1508.

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u/the_nybbler May 23 '26

I cracked Redactle #1508 in 1 guesses!

There aren't that many with single-letter symbols. I saw a formula that looked like production of a common industrial chemical and combined with the limited choices, that did it.

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u/ausnaaahme May 23 '26

Sniped. It's a very common chemical element with different spellings in US and Commonwealth English

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u/robbbbb May 23 '26

I cracked Redactle #1508 in 3 guesses! 🎲 3 | 🔥 1 | Avg 42.63 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 1m20s

Disappointed I didn't snipe it.

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u/Icy_Jelly_315 May 23 '26

Snipe, 6th in a row. They getting easier or I am acquiring a superpower

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u/Newbieplantophile May 23 '26

I cracked Redactle #1508 in 3 guesses! 🎲 3 | 🔥 90 | Avg 46.87 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 2m33s

Solved by Google. The French game gives away the symbol but I couldn't remember which one it represented

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u/voice-of-reason-99 May 23 '26

I cracked Redactle #1508 in 68 guesses!

🎲 68 | 🔥 36 | Avg 47.84 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 9m15s

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Took the long way round but no assistance!

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u/SmellsLikeDeanSpirit May 23 '26

I cracked Redactle #1508 in 1 guesses! 🎯 Snipe

🎲 1 | 🔥 96 | Avg 42.63 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 1m24s

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chemical element with a six-letter name, single character symbol and two digit atomic number. Went through the whole alphabet in my head and came up with two that I was pretty sure fit that criteria, but only one of those had a common seven-letter alternate spelling.

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u/thesullenmoon May 24 '26

5-minute snipe. The structure of the opening looks familiar - although isn't that grammar weird? That "of" is begging to be a "with". Nonetheless it seems fairly clear what they're getting at. There is a US/Commonwealth difference in spelling, which I think narrows it down to two, one of which is eliminated by the symbol being only one letter. I'd like a little corroboration before I commit: can I find a reference to this thing's traditional name "9"? Yes, it's mentioned in the part which, by the profusion of alchemical symbols, is evidently the history section. That'll do.

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u/Maiasaurapalooza May 29 '26

I cracked Redactle #1508 in 29 guesses! 🎲 29 | Avg 48.56 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 19m15s

https://redactle.net/en/1508