# Watched Words - Is there a way to block the use of asterisks with certain words instead of it being used as a wildcard?

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**Category:** Product Support\
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**Created:** [August 15, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-is-there-a-way-to-block-the-use-of-asterisks-with-certain-words-instead-of-it-being-used-as-a-wildcard/321834 "2024-08-15T15:22:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-is-there-a-way-to-block-the-use-of-asterisks-with-certain-words-instead-of-it-being-used-as-a-wildcard/321834/11 "2024-08-16T08:20:18Z")

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Toggling on `watched words regular expressions` and adding `f\*\*k` to Block seems to work for me? ~~Are you testing with a regular user or an admin?~~ Actually, Block works on admin too.

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