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quarterto on Dec 20, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Regex Golf

It gives you hints below the score, for 6 it's:

  You're allowed to cheat a little, since this one is technically impossible.

No idea how you cheat...

EDIT, SPOILERS: I get 170 with ^(.?)(.)(.).?\3\2\1$

mryingster on Dec 20, 2013 [–]

176 with ^(.)(.).*\2\1$

hyp0 on Dec 20, 2013 | [–]

  ^(.)[^p].*\1$           # 177, "cheat a little"

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