# Search CommonYard

> Find posts, polls, petitions, games and yards by name, topic or creator. Results show their pictures, and you don't need the exact words.

Section: Getting started · Updated: 2026-10-05
URL: https://commonyard.app/guides/search-commonyard/

## Steps

1. Tap the magnifying glass at the top of the screen.
2. Type what you're looking for — a topic, a name, a yard, a game — and search.
3. Tap a result to open it, or **Join** beside a yard.

![Search before anything is typed: the search box, what's trending in the Yard, and your interests](https://commonyard.app/guides/img/search.webp "Before you type: what's trending, and what's open on your interests.")
![Search results for jollof: posts and polls with their pictures, and a yard to join](https://commonyard.app/guides/img/search-results.webp "Results show the post's picture, a swipey's first card, or a clip's first frame.")

## Before you type

- **Trending in the Yard** — what the Yard is talking about now, and how much of it is still open.
- **Your interests** — what's open on the things you're into.
- **Recent searches** — tap one to search it again, or forget it.

## The results

- **Posts & activities** — posts, polls, petitions, opinions and swipeys you can still take part in. Each shows its picture: the post's photo, a swipey's first card, or the first frame of a video.
- **Completed** — finished polls and petitions, with how they ended. Often the answer is in the outcome.
- **Yards** — yards with that name or about that topic. Tap **Join** to join one from here.

Tap **Load more results** for more.

## You don't need the exact words

A search finds things with any of the words you typed, best matches first — the ones with the most of your words at the top. Small words like "the" and "is" are left out, and "dresses" finds "dress".

## Good to know

- Inside a yard, the magnifying glass searches that yard. If nothing turns up there, tap **LOOK IN EVERY YARD**.
- **Still not answered?** Tap **Ask the yard**, under the results, to post the question yourself.
- To open a yard you're in, search its name.