diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.idea/
+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea/modules.xml
+.idea/jarRepositories.xml
+.idea/compiler.xml
+.idea/libraries/
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### Eclipse ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+build/
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
+
+### Mac OS ###
+.DS_Store
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>com.mrsl1d3r.wordle</groupId>
+    <artifactId>Wordle</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>22</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>22</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mrsl1d3r/wordle/Main.java b/src/main/java/com/mrsl1d3r/wordle/Main.java
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+package com.mrsl1d3r.wordle;
+
+//TIP To <b>Run</b> code, press <shortcut actionId="Run"/> or
+// click the <icon src="AllIcons.Actions.Execute"/> icon in the gutter.
+public class Main {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        //TIP Press <shortcut actionId="ShowIntentionActions"/> with your caret at the highlighted text
+        // to see how IntelliJ IDEA suggests fixing it.
+        System.out.printf("Hello and welcome!");
+
+        for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
+            //TIP Press <shortcut actionId="Debug"/> to start debugging your code. We have set one <icon src="AllIcons.Debugger.Db_set_breakpoint"/> breakpoint
+            // for you, but you can always add more by pressing <shortcut actionId="ToggleLineBreakpoint"/>.
+            System.out.println("i = " + i);
+        }
+    }
+}
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