Index: src/wp-admin/js/word-count.js
===================================================================
--- src/wp-admin/js/word-count.js	(revision 26862)
+++ src/wp-admin/js/word-count.js	(working copy)
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
 					tx = tx.replace( t.settings.strip, ' ' ).replace( / | /gi, ' ' );
 					tx = tx.replace( t.settings.clean, '' );
 					tx.replace( t.settings[type], function(){tc++;} );
+
+					// in the text editor, using word counting regex, when the last charector is a word charector, add one 
+					if ( ('.tmce-active').length !== 0  && type == 'w' && tx.charAt(tx.length-1).match(/\w/) ) 
+						tc++
+
 				}
 				w.html(tc.toString());
 
Index: tests/qunit/index.html
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--- tests/qunit/index.html	(revision 26862)
+++ tests/qunit/index.html	(working copy)
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
 
   <!-- Tested files -->
   <script src="../../src/wp-admin/js/password-strength-meter.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../src/wp-admin/js/word-count.js"></script>
   <script src="../../src/wp-includes/js/shortcode.js"></script>
 
   <!-- Unit tests -->
   <script src="wp-admin/js/password-strength-meter.js"></script>
+  <script src="wp-admin/js/word-count.js"></script>
   <script src="wp-includes/js/shortcode.js"></script>
 
 </head>
@@ -27,7 +29,9 @@
     <h2 id="qunit-banner"></h2>
     <h2 id="qunit-userAgent"></h2>
     <ol id="qunit-tests"></ol>
-    <div id="qunit-fixture"></div>
+    <div id="qunit-fixture">
+		<span class='word-count'></span> 	
+	</div>
   </div>
 </body>
 </html>
Index: tests/qunit/wp-admin/js/word-count.js
===================================================================
--- tests/qunit/wp-admin/js/word-count.js	(revision 0)
+++ tests/qunit/wp-admin/js/word-count.js	(working copy)
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+var wordCountL10n; 
+jQuery( function() {
+	module( 'word-count' );
+
+	// This is an async test since it involves testing dom  manipulation
+	asyncTest('wpWordCount should set .word-count with the correct number of words for english language words', function(){
+		wordCountL10n = 'w'
+		wpWordCount.wc('This is some content. It should be ten words long.');
+		setTimeout(function(){
+			// http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6991 
+			equal(10, parseInt( jQuery('.word-count').html(), 10 ), 
+				'the string "This is some content. It should be ten words long." shows 10');
+			start();
+		}, 100)
+
+	});
+
+});

Property changes on: tests/qunit/wp-admin/js/word-count.js
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Added: svn:executable
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+*
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