?

basket? will find basket, baskets, basketry

Wildcards

wom%n will find woman, women

? (multiple characters)

col?r will find color, colour

+

adventure+   will find adventure, adventures

Truncation

*

Indian*   will find Indian, Indians, Indiana, Indianapolis

Wildcards

#  (one character)

wom#n   will find woman, women

? (zero to nine characters)

colo?r    will find color, colour, colonizer

*

pigment* will find pigment, pigments, pigmentation, etc.

Wildcards

? (one character)

relev?nce will find relevance, even if you can’t remember if it’s spelled with ance or ence

!  (one or no characters)

colo!r will find both color and colour

!

litig! will find litigator, litigated, litigation, litigating, etc.

Wildcard

* (one or more characters)

wom*n will find woman and women

*

patent* will find patent, patents, patentable, patented, etc.

Wildcard

? (one character)

wom?n will find woman and women

* (unlimited characters)

h*ophelia will find haemophilia and hemophilia

*

effect* will find effect, effects, effective, etc.

Wildcard

? (one character)

ne?t will find neat, nest, next

+

pigment* will find pigment, pigments, pigmented, pigmentation, etc.

?

ne?t will find neat, nest, next

&

effect& will find effect, effects

Truncation

*

effect* will find effect, effects, effective, etc.