# "Is it impossible to search for "Help"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impossible-to-search-for-help/126271>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 30, 2002, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impossible-to-search-for-help/126271 "2002-08-30T11:44:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impossible-to-search-for-help/126271/1 "2002-08-30T11:44:25Z")

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I tried and it just wouldn’t go. Why?

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impossible-to-search-for-help/126271/2 "2002-08-30T11:55:05Z")

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Try searching on “help\*” with the asterisk. That seems to work. You’ll still get a lot of results, though.