First perfect square in base n with n unique digits

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Find the first perfect square in a given base N that has at least N digits and exactly N unique digits; display the number in base N.

E.G. In base 10, the first perfect square with at least 10 unique digits is 1026753849 (32043²).

You may use analytical methods to reduce the search space, but the code must do a search. Do not use magic numbers or just feed the code the answer to verify it is correct.

Task
  • Find and display here, on this page, the first perfect square in base N, with N unique digits, expressed in base N, for each of base 2 through 12.
  • (optional) Do the same for bases 13 through 16.

Perl 6

Works with: Rakudo version 2019.03

<lang perl6># Only search square numbers that have at least N digits;

  1. smaller could not possibly match.

sub first-square (Int $n) {

   my $start = (($n - 1)/2).exp($n).floor || 1;
   my $sq = ($start .. *).map( *² ).hyper.first: *.base($n).comb.Bag.elems >= $n;
   sprintf "Base %2d: %10s² == %s", $n, $sq.sqrt.base($n), $sq.base($n);

}

say "First perfect square with N unique digits in base N: "; say .&first-square for flat

  2 .. 12, # required
 13 .. 16  # optional
</lang>
Output:
First perfect square with N unique digits in base N:
Base  2:         10² == 100
Base  3:         22² == 2101
Base  4:         33² == 3201
Base  5:        243² == 132304
Base  6:        523² == 452013
Base  7:       1431² == 2450361
Base  8:       3344² == 13675420
Base  9:      11642² == 136802574
Base 10:      32043² == 1026753849
Base 11:     111453² == 1240A536789
Base 12:     3966B9² == 124A7B538609
Base 13:    3828943² == 10254773CA86B9
Base 14:    3A9DB7C² == 10269B8C57D3A4
Base 15:   1012B857² == 102597BACE836D4
Base 16:   404A9D9B² == 1025648CFEA37BD9