diff --git a/docs/docs/strings.md b/docs/docs/strings.md
index cddff2ac..9b4ada2d 100644
--- a/docs/docs/strings.md
+++ b/docs/docs/strings.md
@@ -296,4 +296,15 @@ Returns a boolean indicating that the given string is an lower case letter.
 "D".isLower(); // false
 "d".isLower() // true
 "Dog".isLower() // false
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+### string.wordCount() -> Number
+
+Returns the number of words in the given string.
+
+```cs
+"".wordCount(); // 0
+"This".wordCount(); // 1
+"This is a sentence".wordCount(); // 4
+"This is an even longer sentence".wordCount(); // 6
+```
diff --git a/src/vm/datatypes/strings.c b/src/vm/datatypes/strings.c
index f2453841..e3bafaee 100644
--- a/src/vm/datatypes/strings.c
+++ b/src/vm/datatypes/strings.c
@@ -545,6 +545,32 @@ static Value countString(DictuVM *vm, int argCount, Value *args) {
     return NUMBER_VAL(count);
 }
 
+static Value wordCountString(DictuVM *vm, int argCount, Value *args) {
+    if (argCount != 0) {
+        runtimeError(vm, "count() takes no arguments (%d given)", argCount);
+        return EMPTY_VAL;
+    }
+
+    char *string = AS_CSTRING(args[0]);
+    
+    int count = 0;
+    int len = strlen(string);
+    bool in = false;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+        if (isspace(string[i])) {
+            in = false;
+        } else if(isalpha(string[i])) {
+            if(!in) {
+                in = true;
+                count++;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return NUMBER_VAL(count);
+}
+
 static Value titleString(DictuVM *vm, int argCount, Value *args) {
     if (argCount != 0) {
         runtimeError(vm, "title() takes no arguments (%d given)", argCount);
@@ -657,6 +683,7 @@ void declareStringMethods(DictuVM *vm) {
     defineNative(vm, &vm->stringMethods, "rightStrip", rightStripString);
     defineNative(vm, &vm->stringMethods, "strip", stripString);
     defineNative(vm, &vm->stringMethods, "count", countString);
+    defineNative(vm, &vm->stringMethods, "wordCount", wordCountString);
     defineNative(vm, &vm->stringMethods, "toBool", boolNative); // Defined in util
     defineNative(vm, &vm->stringMethods, "title", titleString);
     defineNative(vm, &vm->stringMethods, "repeat", repeatString);
diff --git a/tests/strings/import.du b/tests/strings/import.du
index 045fc19a..709f74fe 100644
--- a/tests/strings/import.du
+++ b/tests/strings/import.du
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ import "repeat.du";
 import "title.du";
 import "isUpper.du";
 import "isLower.du";
+import "wordCount.du";
diff --git a/tests/strings/wordCount.du b/tests/strings/wordCount.du
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f93cfde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/strings/wordCount.du
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * wordCount.du
+ *
+ * Testing the str.wordCount() method
+ *
+ * .wordCount() returns the number of words in the given string.
+ */
+from UnitTest import UnitTest;
+
+class TestStringWordCount < UnitTest {
+    testStringWordCount() {
+        this.assertEquals("".wordCount(), 0);
+        this.assertEquals("This".wordCount(), 1);
+        this.assertEquals("This is a sentence".wordCount(), 4);
+        this.assertEquals("This is an even longer sentence".wordCount(), 6);
+    }
+}
+
+TestStringWordCount().run();