search cell content, find word in text that matches a column of single terms (1 word / row)

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davidmyers

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Hi, need a pointer how to search cell.value (text) in range - column A and find the first word that matches a word in column B containing a single term/row - returning the row number in column B that the term appears in.

Thanks for any help
David
 

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