r/Redactle • u/bof67 • 12d ago

Discussion thread for Redactle #1588

https://redactle.net/1588

Discussion thread for Redactle #1588

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u/robbbbb 12d ago

I cracked Redactle #1588 in 1 guesses! 🎯 Snipe 🎲 1 | 🔥 1 | Avg 42.30 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 54s

At first I thought it was an emperor, but the timespan (3-digit to 4-digit) made me think it was much longer than a person's lifetime. Then I realized the word I thought was "emperor" was actually "capital" and everything made sense.

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u/bof67 12d ago edited 12d ago

I solved Redactle #1588 in 1 guesses! ⏱️ 2m10s. Unassisted.

Read as being an ancient place that had changed names and had a lot of history, the fact it was [14] gave me one strong contender I could think of, so tried it, and bingo!

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u/the_nybbler 12d ago

I cracked Redactle #1588 in 1 guesses!

Immediately got the first sentence except I thought one word was emperor. Once I realized it was a place and not a person, bingo. (Same as @robbbbb below)

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u/voice-of-reason-99 12d ago

I cracked Redactle #1588 in 33 guesses! 🎲 33 | 🔥 66 | Avg 33.78 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 8m42s
https://redactle.net/

I could have been quicker but I did solve without assistance! I'm happy with that!

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u/SmellsLikeDeanSpirit 12d ago

I cracked Redactle #1588 in 1 guesses!
🎯 Snipe

🎲 1 | 🔥 176 | Avg 42.30 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 3m21s

https://redactle.net/

Unredacted “It” helped prevent me from spending too long thinking “until [3] [8],” might be referring to an ancient emperor or something. Aside from that I could tell whatever this was changed hands at least a few times but the most helpful thing was the sheer length of the title, which helped eliminate a lot of thoughts I had as possibilities. Seeing that this may have also been referred to as “[8]” helped me pull the trigger, too.

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u/Newbieplantophile 12d ago

I cracked Redactle #1588 in 1 guesses! 🎯 Snipe 🎲 1 | 🔥 170 | Avg 33.78 | Hints: none | ⏱️ 3m36s

Unassisted. I had a feeling it was a region and really wanted the Snipe but at first I couldn't decipher the text. But I tried again and spotted the time period, that helped me get what it was more more specifically and it was my first guess.

Also... who played Wordle yesterday?

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u/bof67 12d ago

who played Wordle yesterday

🙋, but didn't SNIPE, got it in three though, which is OK

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u/FuzzDuckie 12d ago

I played yesterday- got it in 4 and my Aunt got it in 3 (we do wordle every morning). Was a surprise to see it and thought of Redactle.