Search for a whole word fails if word in text is preceeded by "-"

Hallo there,
I discovered a new "feature" by Adobe Reader. When I search for a Whole word, and if a word is preceeded by a "-" it lists it, although it shouldnt.
For example. Serached word : "Word".
In the results you will find something like "Wrongly-found-word, Wrongly-listed-word" etc.
How to exclude those cases ?
Thanks in advance,
B

Btw, maybe such whole word search is possible only with a regular expression?
Other exampels
Word to search for : "X"
Results could be also: "Y-X-Z", "Y-Z-X', "X-Y-Z".
All I would like to have is aber only when "X" is preceeded and succeeded by a space character, or in best case by a single, non-letter, non-digit character.
I will appreciate any helpful advice, how to search and find a whole word only.
Regards,

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