# Wildcard search **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 23, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search/276848 "2021-06-23T21:08:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abhishek\_Shinde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Abhishek\_Shinde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhishek_Shinde)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search/276848/1 "2021-06-23T21:08:10Z")
I’m trying to achieve searches with wildcard characters but no luck with match and intervals query, 1. Alice \* \* \* Bob: find all the documents that have a 5-word phrase starting with “Alice” followed by 3 words and then “Bob”. 2. Alice \* \* Bob \* Sam: find all the documents that have a 6-word phrase starting with “Alice” followed by 2 words followed by “Bob” followed by one word and then “Sam”. 3. Alice? \* \* Bob: find all the documents that have a 4-word phrase starting with “Alice?”(? can be any character) followed by 2 words followed by “Bob". I’ve tried following in the Elasticsearch: > **[Match phrase query | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.13\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-match-query-phrase.html)** > **[Intervals query | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.13\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.13/query-dsl-intervals-query.html)** Match phrase query did not work as the slop parameter was focusing on max distance and not exact distance. Any guidance would be helpful here. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search/276848/2 "2021-07-21T21:08:12Z")
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