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  1. Kalley (Guest) Thu 24 Jul 2014 05:12AM UTC

    Would you possibly consider adding a word count filter. These are all functional filters, especially if one is trying to sort out porn, but there are a LOT of short drabbles to filter through when all I want is something fuller in length with a more complex plot.

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    1. AO3_Support (Official) Sat 21 Feb 2015 01:59AM UTC

      Hi, Kalley!

      You can filter by wordcount by writing the following or similar in the "Search within results" field:

      words:>10000 (works with more than 10000 words)
      words:<10000 (works with fewer than 10000 words)
      words:15000-20000 (works with word counts between 15000 and 20000 words)
      words:100 (works with exactly 100 words)

      For a handy and comprehensive guide to filtering and searching, I would suggest checking out this post: https://ao3-n3.uefi233blog.eu.org/admin_posts/329.

      Don't hesitate to contact Support if you have any other questions!

      Best,
      hele
      AO3 Support

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      1. Tozette Mon 07 Mar 2016 12:47PM UTC

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        Thank you for this! This was exactly what I was looking for when I came to this page, and then I searched 'wordcount' and heyyy, here it is. Excellent. :)

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