At Snyk, researchers spend time studying vulnerabilities to anticipate malicious hackers' actions. The author of the original Wordle game was acquired by the NY Times, leading to numerous copycat versions in app and web-app form. A custom Wordle site was discovered with a query string parameter that looked like gibberish but was actually ciphertext. The author attempted to solve it using Atbash ciphers, then Caesar ciphers, and ultimately found a key that could be used to decode any custom Wordle. This key revealed a pattern of letter shifts that can be applied to any custom Wordle, allowing the author to create their own puzzle with the same solution.