Wow, you are right – a very old bug!!
Fortunately you just caught me before I packed up fro the day, and it’s an easy fix.
From the attached zip folder replace the file kiwitrees/library/WT/Controller/Search.php
Mine changes to EXACT…
In fact the same bug would apply to BEGINS, EXACT, and CONTAINS. SOUNDEX was the only one working properly.
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