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Start with "STAIN".

stain

The letters "S", "T", "A", and "N" are not in the final word. "I" is in the correct position.

Use the following regular expression:

$ grep -P '^[^stan][^stan][^stan]i[^stan]$' /usr/share/dict/words

Choose "MOVIE":

movie

The letters "M", "O", "V", and "E" are not in the finial word.

Add those hints to the current regular expression

$ grep -P '^[^movestan][^movestan][^movestan]i[^movestan]$' /usr/share/dict/words

Choose "FLUID":

fluid

The letters "F", "U", and "D" are not in the final word. The letter "L" is in the wrong position.

Add those hints to the currewnt regular expression:

grep -P '^[^fudmovestan][^fludmovestan][^fudmovestan]i[^fudmovestan]$' /usr/share/dict/words | grep l

Choose "LYRIC":

lyric

We won.

finished

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