base
Every candidate hashes pattern with a 64-bit little-endian counter appended: sha256( pattern ‖ counter ).
ascii8
One byte per character. A match means the SHA-256 hash prefix spells the word in ASCII hex.
targets
plain, grid, checks, dots, stripes, hexes, repeat, glitch, floral — each ground from pattern; stripes rested at strip and floral at flora when the budget ran out.
counters
Winning counter values from 324 million to 152 trillion, within a 248 budget per search.