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OneLook Dictionary Search: "How do wildcard patterns work?

Sometimes you don't know what word you're looking for or how to spell it. Other times you only know a few letters. For these situations there are 'wildcard' symbols available for finding words on OneLook.com.

* The asterisk (*) matches any number of characters. That means that you can use it as a placeholder for any sequence of letters or symbols. For example, if you enter blueb* you'll get all the terms that start with 'blueb'; if you enter *bird you'll get all the terms that end with 'bird'; if you enter *lueb* you'll get all the terms that contain the sequence 'lueb', and so forth. An asterisk can match zero characters, too.
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The question mark (?) matches exactly one character. That means that you can use it as a placeholder for a single letter or symbol. The query l?b?n?n, for example, will find the word 'Lebanon'.
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(NEW!) The number-sign (#) matches any English consonant. For example, the query tra#t finds the word 'tract' but not 'trait'.
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(NEW!) The at-sign (@) matches any English vowel. For example, the query abo@t finds the word 'about' but not 'abort'."