RegEx Starts with [ and ending with ] - match words only

Question

Given the following strin:

var s = "my [first] ga[m]e and [abc]de]\nThe [Game]"

Which regex do I use to match:

0 - [first]
1 - [abc]de]
2 - [Game]

I have tried var pattern2 = new Regex(@"\\W\\[.*?\\]\\W"); but it doesn't find [Game]

I also want to be able to match " [my] gamers\\t[pro] "

0 - [my]
1 - [pro]

Answer 1

\[[^\[]{2,}\]

Explanation:

\[         # Match a [
[^\[]{2,}  # Match two or more non-[ characters
\]         # Match ]

See it on RegExr .

Answer 2

You need to match beginning and end of the string explicitly, in addition to non-word characters:

(?:^|\W)\[(.*?)\](?:$|\W)

The capture group will get the words inside the brackets.