Search returning results that have none of the words I entered.

[ukulelemachine]

I enter words into the search bar. Get hundreds of thousands of listings that have nothing to do with what I'm searching for. Put quotes around the words to get "exact" matches, and get thousands of listings - the vast majority of which do not have the words I put into the search bar.

What the heck is going on?

[dhbookds]

what words did you use?

[street-motto-cycles]

There is an known issue present with the search engine. Customers are having problems not finding items they are searching. A few previous threads have also acknowledged the same issue.

[castlemagicmemories]

As @street-motto-cycles  says, this may be part of the current glitches that are being seen.  I've had this issue as well.  Foreign languages, excessive sign in, items not being added to the Watch List, etc...

https://downdetector.com/status/ebay