The e621 search syntax, explained

The basics

• Several tags — dragon wings finds posts that have all the tags.
• Exclude — a minus in front removes a tag: dragon -comic.
• Any of — a tilde makes tags optional, at least one must match: ~wolf ~fox ~dog.
• Wildcard — * matches the end of a tag: pokemon*.
• Underscores — tags use underscores instead of spaces: pokemon_(species), red_eyes.

Sorting

Add an order: metatag. The default is newest first.

• order:score — best voted first.
• order:favcount — most favourited first.
• order:random — a random mix (great to discover).
• order:comment_count — most discussed first.

Filters (metatags)

• rating:s, rating:q, rating:e — Safe, Questionable or Explicit (add a minus to exclude one: -rating:e).
• score:>100, favcount:>500 — only well-liked posts.
• date:week, date:month, date:year — recent posts only.
• type:png, type:gif, type:webm — a file type.
• fav:name — someone's favourites; user:name — what someone uploaded.
• pool:123 — the posts of a pool (a comic); id:123 — one post.
• width:>1920, height:>1080 — big pictures (wallpapers!).

Recipes to try

• dragon order:score date:week — this week's best dragons.
• ~wolf ~fox -comic order:favcount — the most loved canine pictures, no comics.
• landscape -human width:>1920 rating:s — safe wallpapers.
• comic order:score date:month — this month's most liked comic pages.

In Sixview

Type in the search bar: tags become chips you can tap to remove or turn into “not”, and every e621 syntax above still works if you type it. Save the searches you like, open the viewer, or let the “For you” feed build searches for you.