diff --git a/src/js/render.js b/src/js/render.js
index ab8ed87..33ba482 100644
--- a/src/js/render.js
+++ b/src/js/render.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import md from 'snarkdown';
 import { removeTags } from '../helpers';
-import { getWordsStats, wordExists } from './utilities';
+import { getWordsStats, wordExists, getMatchingSearchWords } from './utilities';
 import { showSection } from './displayToggles';
 
 export function renderAll() {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export function renderPartsOfSpeechSelect() {
 }
 
 export function renderWords() {
-  const { words } = window.currentDictionary;
+  const words = getMatchingSearchWords();
   let wordsHTML = '';
   words.forEach(word => {
     let detailsMarkdown = removeTags(word.longDefinition);
diff --git a/src/js/utilities.js b/src/js/utilities.js
index f3ecba0..ed6ae61 100644
--- a/src/js/utilities.js
+++ b/src/js/utilities.js
@@ -97,4 +97,15 @@ export function wordExists(word, returnId = false) {
     return caseSensitive ? existingWord.name === word : existingWord.name.toLowerCase() === word.toLowerCase();
   });
   return foundWord ? (returnId ? foundWord.wordId : true) : false;
+}
+
+export function getMatchingSearchWords() {
+  const searchTerm = document.getElementById('searchButton').value.trim();
+  const matchingWords = window.currentDictionary.words.filter(word => {
+    const isInName = new RegExp(searchTerm, 'g').test(word.name);
+    const isInDefinition = new RegExp(searchTerm, 'g').test(word.simpleDefinition);
+    const isInDetails = new RegExp(searchTerm, 'g').test(word.longDefinition);
+    return isInName || isInDefinition || isInDetails;
+  });
+  return matchingWords;
 }
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