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Reverse Wordle

uoftctf2026

Task: Given Wordle share patterns from three games with the same unknown starting word, find that word and submit its SHA256 hash. Solution: Looked up historical Wordle answers via the NYT API for games 1, 67, and 1336, then brute-forced the 5-letter word dictionary to find SQUIB matching all three color patterns.

$ ls tags/ techniques/
game_mechanics_analysisapi_researchconstraint_solving

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