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Regex Word Finder
Search the linux english dictonary (479625 words) for words matching a regular expression. (See regular expression tips.)
Regular Expression Tips
- '.' matches any single character
- '.*' matches any number of characters
- '^' matches the beginning of a word
- '$' matches the end
Examples
- .*int$ gets all words ending in 'int'
- ^foo.* gets all words beginning with 'foo'
- ^..de$ gets all 4-letter words ending with 'de'
- ^.sl...$ gets all 6-letter words with 'sl' in the 2nd and 3rd position
- eart any word with 'eart' in it
- ^g.*oo.*y$' words beginning with 'g', ending with 'y', and with 'oo' somewhere in the middle
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