[Ben Crist]

I’m stealing this recommendation from Dwane Thomas of Visual Latin & WordUp fame. Rather than explain in much detail, I’ll just share what it can do with some examples:

Example searches

bluebird	Definitions of bluebird

blue*	Words and phrases that start with blue

*bird	...that end with bird

bl????rd	...that start with bl, end with rd, with 4 letters in between

bl*:snow	...that start with bl and have a meaning related to snow

:snow	Words related to snow

:winter sport	...related to the concept winter sport

**winter**	Phrases that contain the word winter

expand:nasa	Phrases that spell out n.a.s.a.

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