COUNT number of times 2 or more values appear in a cell

uk747

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Hi

Need to count how many times the word cat and red appear in list below Range (B2:B8) Result should be 3. The word can appear any where in the cell
Result should be 3

doesn't matter if cat appears within a word as long as it appears its fine i.e. scatty red dog would count as well

cat sheep dog
blue dog black
cat man red
red cat
cat blue
dog red
cat badger red
 

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Fluff.xlsm
ABCD
1
2cat sheep dogcat3
3blue dog blackred
4cat man red
5red cat
6cat blue
7dog red
8cat badger red
Main
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
D2D2=SUM((ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C2,A2:A8)))*(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C3,A2:A8))))
 
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Solution
Another possibility

22 07 26.xlsm
ABCD
1
2cat sheep dogcat3
3blue dog blackred
4cat man red
5red cat
6cat blue
7dog red
8cat badger red
Count
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
D2D2=COUNTIFS(A2:A8,"*"&C2&"*",A2:A8,"*"&C3&"*")
 
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Glad we could help & thanks for the feedback.
 
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