diff --git a/milli/src/search/criteria/mod.rs b/milli/src/search/criteria/mod.rs
index 1dbfd2524..df9189239 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/criteria/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/criteria/mod.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ impl Default for Candidates {
 pub trait Context<'c> {
     fn documents_ids(&self) -> heed::Result<RoaringBitmap>;
     fn word_docids(&self, word: &str) -> heed::Result<Option<RoaringBitmap>>;
+    fn exact_word_docids(&self, word: &str) -> heed::Result<Option<RoaringBitmap>>;
     fn word_prefix_docids(&self, word: &str) -> heed::Result<Option<RoaringBitmap>>;
     fn word_pair_proximity_docids(
         &self,
@@ -118,6 +119,10 @@ impl<'c> Context<'c> for CriteriaBuilder<'c> {
         self.index.word_docids.get(self.rtxn, &word)
     }
 
+    fn exact_word_docids(&self, word: &str) -> heed::Result<Option<RoaringBitmap>> {
+        self.index.exact_word_docids.get(self.rtxn, &word)
+    }
+
     fn word_prefix_docids(&self, word: &str) -> heed::Result<Option<RoaringBitmap>> {
         self.index.word_prefix_docids.get(self.rtxn, &word)
     }
@@ -400,11 +405,14 @@ fn query_docids(
                 let mut docids = RoaringBitmap::new();
                 for (word, _typo) in words {
                     let current_docids = ctx.word_docids(&word)?.unwrap_or_default();
-                    docids |= current_docids;
+                    let exact_current_docids = ctx.exact_word_docids(&word)?.unwrap_or_default();
+                    docids |= current_docids | exact_current_docids;
                 }
                 Ok(docids)
             } else {
-                Ok(ctx.word_docids(&word)?.unwrap_or_default())
+                let word_docids = ctx.word_docids(&word)?.unwrap_or_default();
+                let exact_word_docids = ctx.exact_word_docids(&word)?.unwrap_or_default();
+                Ok(word_docids | exact_word_docids)
             }
         }
         QueryKind::Tolerant { typo, word } => {
@@ -512,6 +520,7 @@ pub mod test {
     pub struct TestContext<'t> {
         words_fst: fst::Set<Cow<'t, [u8]>>,
         word_docids: HashMap<String, RoaringBitmap>,
+        exact_word_docids: HashMap<String, RoaringBitmap>,
         word_prefix_docids: HashMap<String, RoaringBitmap>,
         word_pair_proximity_docids: HashMap<(String, String, i32), RoaringBitmap>,
         word_prefix_pair_proximity_docids: HashMap<(String, String, i32), RoaringBitmap>,
@@ -527,6 +536,10 @@ pub mod test {
             Ok(self.word_docids.get(&word.to_string()).cloned())
         }
 
+        fn exact_word_docids(&self, word: &str) -> heed::Result<Option<RoaringBitmap>> {
+            Ok(self.exact_word_docids.get(&word.to_string()).cloned())
+        }
+
         fn word_prefix_docids(&self, word: &str) -> heed::Result<Option<RoaringBitmap>> {
             Ok(self.word_prefix_docids.get(&word.to_string()).cloned())
         }
@@ -643,6 +656,8 @@ pub mod test {
                 s("morning")    => random_postings(rng,    125),
             };
 
+            let exact_word_docids = HashMap::new();
+
             let mut docid_words = HashMap::new();
             for (word, docids) in word_docids.iter() {
                 for docid in docids {
@@ -712,6 +727,7 @@ pub mod test {
             TestContext {
                 words_fst,
                 word_docids,
+                exact_word_docids,
                 word_prefix_docids,
                 word_pair_proximity_docids,
                 word_prefix_pair_proximity_docids,
diff --git a/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs b/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs
index c490e93da..54d30f8fb 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ where
         let mut word_pair_proximity_docids = None;
         let mut word_position_docids = None;
         let mut word_docids = None;
-        let mut _exact_word_docids = None;
+        let mut exact_word_docids = None;
 
         let mut databases_seen = 0;
         (self.progress)(UpdateIndexingStep::MergeDataIntoFinalDatabase {
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ where
                     word_docids = Some(cloneable_chunk);
                     let cloneable_chunk =
                         unsafe { as_cloneable_grenad(&exact_word_docids_reader)? };
-                    _exact_word_docids = Some(cloneable_chunk);
+                    exact_word_docids = Some(cloneable_chunk);
                     TypedChunk::WordDocids { word_docids_reader, exact_word_docids_reader }
                 }
                 TypedChunk::WordPairProximityDocids(chunk) => {
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ where
 
         self.execute_prefix_databases(
             word_docids,
+            exact_word_docids,
             word_pair_proximity_docids,
             word_position_docids,
         )?;
@@ -363,6 +364,7 @@ where
     pub fn execute_prefix_databases(
         self,
         word_docids: Option<grenad::Reader<CursorClonableMmap>>,
+        exact_word_docids: Option<grenad::Reader<CursorClonableMmap>>,
         word_pair_proximity_docids: Option<grenad::Reader<CursorClonableMmap>>,
         word_position_docids: Option<grenad::Reader<CursorClonableMmap>>,
     ) -> Result<()>
@@ -433,7 +435,10 @@ where
         if let Some(word_docids) = word_docids {
             let mut word_docids_builder = grenad::MergerBuilder::new(merge_nothing as MergeFn);
             word_docids_builder.push(word_docids.into_cursor()?);
-            // TODO: push exact_word_docids
+            if let Some(exact_word_docids) = exact_word_docids {
+                word_docids_builder.push(exact_word_docids.into_cursor()?);
+            }
+
             let word_docids_iter = word_docids_builder.build().into_stream_merger_iter()?;
             // Run the word prefix docids update operation.
             let mut builder = WordPrefixDocids::new(self.wtxn, self.index);