I used to hate the hacking mini game like a lot of people, but on my latest replay of fo4 I decided to actually give it my best shot and try to see if I could get good at it. It turns out it's actually a pretty fun logic puzzle if you really try your best on it. It's very doable if you take your time, no spamming required.

Edit: I wanted to give a tip on these for anyone interested. The amount of letters matched shown when you click a word also tells you how many didn't match. Let's say you matched 2/4. That means the right word will have two of the letters in the word you clicked, but only two. So if you see any words that have three letters that match your original word? You can rule those out. Hope that helps someone!