# Wildcard search problem

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-problem/29307>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 15, 2015, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-problem/29307 "2015-09-15T09:34:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![tbragin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tbragin/32/45166_2.png) [@tbragin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tbragin)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-problem/29307/2 "2015-09-26T13:34:44Z")

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Check out this thread: [How to create a query with the wildcard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-query-with-the-wildcard/1029/2)

Maybe you can try a proximity search instead of a wildcard search instead?

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