# Wild card query is not returing expected result

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wild-card-query-is-not-returing-expected-result/199067>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 11, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wild-card-query-is-not-returing-expected-result/199067 "2019-09-11T11:14:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![imprints](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/45deac/32.png) [@imprints](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/imprints)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wild-card-query-is-not-returing-expected-result/199067/1 "2019-09-11T11:14:26Z")

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I was trying with below query

{  
"\_source" : ["prmry\_pers\_frst\_gvn\_nm"],  
"query": {  
"bool": {  
"must": {  
"wildcard": {  
"prmry\_pers\_frst\_gvn\_nm": "Ben Unit\*"  
}  
}  
}  
},  
"size": "100"  
}

Was expecting below result , but query is returning 0 documents

Ben United  
Ben United States  
Ben United Nation

Please help!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wild-card-query-is-not-returing-expected-result/199067/2 "2019-10-09T11:14:31Z")

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