# Bekeken woorden - Is er een manier om het gebruik van asterisken bij bepaalde woorden te blokkeren in plaats van dat het als wildcard wordt gebruikt?

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**Created:** [15 augustus 2024 om 15:22 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: ![Don](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/don/32/228726_2.png) [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)
#### Post date: [16 augustus 2024 om 11:28 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/321834/13 "2024-08-16T11:28:21Z")

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Side note, be careful if you have other watched words too and you enable regex it will affect all word added to the list. It means you have to change the word boundaries to avoid partial matches.

> [@Using Regex with Watched Words](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-regex-with-watched-words/241861/1):
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> ### Word boundaries
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> Regex patterns can unintentionally match parts of words. Use word boundaries to avoid partial matches.
> 
> ```plaintext
> \bthreads?\b
> 
> ```
> 
> This matches `thread` and `threads` but avoids matches like `threadlike` or `unthreading`.

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