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The Wilson Kids
A doctor on the Roottree side of the family keeps showing up.
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The Wilson Kids
A doctor on the Roottree side of the family keeps showing up.
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Final-puzzle searches are spoiler protected. Edward Clancy, John Miller, E.C. and Confirmed Bachelor stay on the Top Secret page.
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English accepts 699 pieces of wording across 211 results. 117 of those results are confirmed investigation leads and are listed on this page; the rest are dead ends, later versions, or not confirmed leads yet. Switching the game language changes the wording that works.
Start with the finder and describe what you are trying to find. It reports the next useful query instead of every query that might match.
The game accepts more than one way of writing the same request, and every accepted spelling returns the same page. The catalogue shows the shortest one first and keeps the rest behind a count.
Spelling alone rarely explains it. The system, the publication and the point in the story all count, and the Search Simulator checks all three against the wording the game accepts. Open the Search Simulator →
The game ignores capitalization, spacing and most punctuation, and it treats a few words as interchangeable — & and and, for example. When a result needs one exact spelling, the card says so.
The library matches both boxes together, so a title dropped into the author field comes back empty. That is why the library cards never merge the two.
Periodicals always search inside one magazine. Choose the publication first, then the words to look for inside it.
Confirmed Bachelor, Edward Clancy, John Miller and E.C. belong to the final puzzle. They stay spoiler-locked here. Open Top Secret →
No. This page covers the Base Game only. The second investigation has its own list. Open Roottreemania search terms →