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Hit Count Cutoff Query

Say you wanted to search for only those records in which a word or a phrase appears more than X number of time in the field you have specified. The hit cutoff query is exactly for this type of need. The query uses a |# syntax that should be added at the end of a word or a phrase that you want to specify a cutoff for. Here # is the count for cutoff. 
For example:

Using Hit Cutoff Query

Explanation

TAC:(mobile AND network|3)Search for mobile and network but where network appears 3 or more times within TAC
D: "mobile phone"|5Search for records that have the phrase mobile phone appearing 5 or more time in the description
TACD: "thermal spray"|5 AND coat*|5The phrase “thermal spray” should appear 5 or more times and coat/coats/coating/coated should appear 5 or more times. (the sum of all variations is counted here)

NOTE: Hit Count Cutoff query cannot be used along with a proximity or exact match syntax. So TAC:(optic*|2 disk) will fail. TAC:(optic*|2 AND disk) will however work.

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