Square of a polynomial

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Find a polynomial with more than one nonzero term such that its square has exactly same number of terms as the original polynomial.

Attempts-I tried to use variables for the polynomial and equate some to $0$. I also found that it is not possible for degree $1,2,3$. But I could not find a way how to find such a polynomial. Source - EJ Barbeau Polynomial.

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$$\left( {x}^{4}+\sqrt{2}\; {x}^{3}-{x}^{2}+\sqrt {2}\;x+1 \right) ^{2}={x} ^{8}+2\,\sqrt {2}\;{x}^{7}+7\,{x}^{4}+2\,\sqrt {2}\;x+1 $$