return function(query)
	results_table = {}
	for i=1, #words do
		local exit = true
		for j=1, #words[i]-1 do
			word = string.gsub(words[i][j],"%p","") 
			if  string.find(word, query) then 
				exit = false
				break 
			end
		end
		if not exit then
			local word = {i,words[i]}
			table.insert(results_table,word)
		end
	end
	if #results_table ~= 0 then
		results_table = adjustTableSizes(results_table)
		printOutputTable(results_table)
	else
		print("no words found for <" .. query .. ">")
	end
end