Let Google Fill in the Blanks

Quotations are great if you remember the phrase you’re looking for, but in case you don’t remember the whole sentence or the entire lyric of a song, you can let Google help you fill in the blanks.

You can use asterisks (*) on your search so Google can continue looking for the missing parts of what you wrote.

For example, if you type ** me the meaning ** ** ** you’ll mostly get results for Backstreet Boys’ “Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely,” which was the song I was looking for. It seems easy if you know what you’re looking for, but this command comes in handy when you remember only parts of a song.