Spotlight can't find TextEdit, other apps found ok

I have a very odd problem. Spotlight can't find TextEdit anymore, even if I type the name of the app fully in the field. The app is right where it should be in the Applications folder. It hasn't been excluded from search and I have done a reindex of Spotlight but the problem persists.
Other apps come up exactly right.

And just to be on the safe side, this thread did not solve my problem. Briefly, it's not about Spotlight getting mixed up because of external HDs.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/12289978#12289978

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