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apples oranges

… will return any questions or answers containing "apples" or "oranges". Results are weighted heavily towards question title matches, and any search terms matching the most popular 40 tags will be automatically mapped to a tag to help narrow your search.

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[tag] apples oranges
[tag] [another-tag] apples oranges
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posts from a specific user
(from you) user:1234 apples oranges
user:me apples oranges

posts with a minimum number of votes votes:15 apples oranges

questions with a minimum number of views views:250 apples oranges

questions with specific words in the title title:apples
title:apples oranges
apples oranges title:"monkeys like bananas"

posts with specific words in the body body:apples
body:apples oranges
apples oranges body:"monkeys like bananas"

questions that have an accepted answer
(or not) hasaccepted:1 apples oranges
hasaccepted:0 apples oranges

answers that are accepted answers
(or not) isaccepted:1 apples oranges
isaccepted:0 apples oranges

questions that have a minimum number of answers
(or no answers) answers:3 apples oranges
answers:0 apples oranges

questions that have been closed
(or not) closed:1 apples oranges
closed:0 apples oranges

questions that have been migrated
(or not) migrated:1 apples oranges
migrated:0 apples oranges

posts that are community wiki
(or not) wiki:1 apples oranges
wiki:0 apples oranges

posts within a specific question
(current question page) inquestion:1234 apples oranges
inquestion:this apples oranges

posts containing a specific url
(wildcard) url:"http://www.example.com/page" apples oranges
url:"*.example.com*" apples oranges

only questions
(only answers) is:question apples oranges
is:answer apples oranges

posts with notices hasnotice:1 apples oranges

The above options can be freely combined in any order with the exception of title: and body:, these will operate on all following terms

posts from a specific user (from you)	user:1234 apples oranges user:me apples oranges
posts with a minimum number of votes	votes:15 apples oranges
questions with a minimum number of views	views:250 apples oranges
questions with specific words in the title	title:apples title:apples oranges apples oranges title:"monkeys like bananas"
posts with specific words in the body	body:apples body:apples oranges apples oranges body:"monkeys like bananas"
questions that have an accepted answer (or not)	hasaccepted:1 apples oranges hasaccepted:0 apples oranges
answers that are accepted answers (or not)	isaccepted:1 apples oranges isaccepted:0 apples oranges
questions that have a minimum number of answers (or no answers)	answers:3 apples oranges answers:0 apples oranges
questions that have been closed (or not)	closed:1 apples oranges closed:0 apples oranges
questions that have been migrated (or not)	migrated:1 apples oranges migrated:0 apples oranges
posts that are community wiki (or not)	wiki:1 apples oranges wiki:0 apples oranges
posts within a specific question (current question page)	inquestion:1234 apples oranges inquestion:this apples oranges
posts containing a specific url (wildcard)	url:"http://www.example.com/page" apples oranges url:".example.com" apples oranges
only questions (only answers)	is:question apples oranges is:answer apples oranges
posts with notices	hasnotice:1 apples oranges