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2025-06-09

Nice argument for always solvable! I'm wondering if it also applies on a "2D" message, i.e. multiple rows of letters

Dave Budd
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2025-06-09

@Dave Budd: I would guess that it doesn't unless I got very lucky, but I should write a script and check...

Matthew
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