> example inputs + expected outputs ?

here a generic answer (for the general question of a character appears exactly once)

 
  DB<259> @input = glob '{a,b}' x 5


  DB<260> test($_) and print "OK $_\n" for @input
OK aaaab
OK aaaba
OK aabaa
OK abaaa
OK abbbb
OK baaaa
OK babbb
OK bbabb
OK bbbab
OK bbbba


  DB<261> l test
2:      sub test { my $str = shift; my %h; $h{$_}++ for split //,$str;
+ my %r =reverse %h; return 1 if exists $r{1} };

  DB<262>

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YMMV concerning input size, but keep in mind that its $size_alphabet**$word_length .

The regex should work for all potential possibilities, neither size nor alphabet can be known.

Cheers Rolf
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In reply to Re^2: Regex: matching character which happens exactly once by LanX
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