Special Characters and Wildcards

You can use special characters to modify your search results.

Asterisk Examples
Example Description
sm*th Finds Smith and Smyth
wom*n Finds woman and women
bank*** Finds any word that begins with bank and that has no more than three letters after the k

For example, returns banker and banking. This input does not return bankrupt or bankruptcy.

Exclamation Mark Examples
Example Description
litigat! Finds variations of the word litigate (litigator, litigated, litigation, litigating)
book! Finds book or bookkeeper, but does not find book-keeper or book keeper because these words are read as two separate words
Note For best results, search words that are unique in their truncated form. For example, if you search for fir! to find fired or firing, your results also include first or firm.