diff --git a/src/core/config/Categories.json b/src/core/config/Categories.json
index bebdd6a5e..9a577c52f 100644
--- a/src/core/config/Categories.json
+++ b/src/core/config/Categories.json
@@ -320,7 +320,8 @@
             "Unescape string",
             "Pseudo-Random Number Generator",
             "Sleep",
-            "File Tree"
+            "File Tree",
+            "Word Count"
         ]
     },
     {
diff --git a/src/core/operations/WordCount.mjs b/src/core/operations/WordCount.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a94eb0ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/operations/WordCount.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/**
+ * @author sw5678
+ * @copyright Crown Copyright 2016
+ * @license Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import Operation from "../Operation.mjs";
+import Utils from "../Utils.mjs";
+import {LETTER_DELIM_OPTIONS} from "../lib/Delim.mjs";
+import {caseInsensitiveSort} from "../lib/Sort.mjs";
+
+
+/**
+ * Word Count operation
+ */
+class WordCount extends Operation {
+
+    /**
+     * Word Count constructor
+     */
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+
+        this.name = "Word Count";
+        this.module = "Default";
+        this.description = "Provides a count of each word in a given text";
+        this.inputType = "string";
+        this.outputType = "string";
+        this.args = [
+            {
+                name: "Delimiter",
+                type: "option",
+                value: LETTER_DELIM_OPTIONS
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "Include Total",
+                "type": "boolean",
+                "value": true
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "Order",
+                "type": "option",
+                "value": ["Alphabetical", "Count"]
+            }
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {string} input
+     * @param {Object[]} args
+     * @returns {string}
+     */
+    run(input, args) {
+
+        const delimiter = Utils.charRep(args[0]);
+
+        // Lower case and split
+        const inputArray = input.replace(/(?:\r\n|\r|\n)/g, delimiter).toLowerCase().split(delimiter);
+
+        // Count up the words
+        const counter = {};
+        let total = 0;
+        for (let j = 0; j < inputArray.length; j++) {
+
+            // Trim whitespace and replace punctuation
+            const word = inputArray[j].replace(/(?:!|"|#|\$|%|&|\(|\)|\*|\+|,|-|\.|\/|:|;|<|=|>|\?|@|\[|\\|\]|\^|_|`|\{|\||\}|~|£)/g, "").trim();
+
+            // If empty string or ', then skip
+            if (word === "" || /[']+/.test(word)) {
+                continue;
+            } else if (word in counter) {
+                counter[word]++;
+                total++;
+            } else {
+                counter[word] = 1;
+                total++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Sort results
+        let order;
+        if (args[2] === "Alphabetical") {
+            // Sort alphabetically
+            order = Object.keys(counter).sort(caseInsensitiveSort);
+        } else if (args[2] === "Count") {
+            // Sort by count
+            // Create the array of key-value pairs
+            order = Object.keys(counter).map((key) => {
+                return [key, counter[key]];
+            });
+            // Sort the array based on the second element (i.e. the value)
+            order.sort((first, second) => {
+                return second[1] - first[1];
+            });
+            // Obtain the list of keys in sorted order of the values.
+            order = order.map((e) => {
+                return e[0];
+            });
+        }
+
+        // Process output to string
+        let output = "WORD,COUNT\n";
+        for (let k = 0; k < order.length; k++) {
+            output = output + order[k] + "," + counter[order[k]] + "\n";
+        }
+
+        // Add total counter at the bottom
+        if (args[1]) {
+            output = output + "TOTAL," + total;
+        }
+
+        return output;
+    }
+}
+
+export default WordCount;
diff --git a/tests/operations/index.mjs b/tests/operations/index.mjs
index 40ce7a2ee..5eb9b9ff8 100644
--- a/tests/operations/index.mjs
+++ b/tests/operations/index.mjs
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ import "./tests/TranslateDateTimeFormat.mjs";
 import "./tests/Typex.mjs";
 import "./tests/UnescapeString.mjs";
 import "./tests/Unicode.mjs";
+import "./tests/WordCount.mjs";
 import "./tests/YARA.mjs";
 import "./tests/ParseCSR.mjs";
 import "./tests/XXTEA.mjs";
diff --git a/tests/operations/tests/WordCount.mjs b/tests/operations/tests/WordCount.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc518de2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/operations/tests/WordCount.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/**
+ * @author sw5678
+ * @copyright Crown Copyright 2023
+ * @license Apache-2.0
+ */
+import TestRegister from "../../lib/TestRegister.mjs";
+
+TestRegister.addTests([
+    {
+        "name": "Word Count: Empty test 1",
+        "input": "",
+        "expectedOutput": "WORD,COUNT\nTOTAL,0",
+
+        "recipeConfig": [
+            {
+                "op": "Word Count",
+                "args": ["Space", true, "Alphabetical"],
+            },
+        ],
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Word Count: Empty test 2",
+        "input": "",
+        "expectedOutput": "WORD,COUNT\nTOTAL,0",
+
+        "recipeConfig": [
+            {
+                "op": "Word Count",
+                "args": ["Space", true, "Count"],
+            },
+        ],
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Word Count: Empty test 3",
+        "input": "",
+        "expectedOutput": "WORD,COUNT\n",
+
+        "recipeConfig": [
+            {
+                "op": "Word Count",
+                "args": ["Space", false, "Alphabetical"],
+            },
+        ],
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Word Count: Empty test 4",
+        "input": "",
+        "expectedOutput": "WORD,COUNT\n",
+
+        "recipeConfig": [
+            {
+                "op": "Word Count",
+                "args": ["Space", false, "Count"],
+            },
+        ],
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Word Count: Count test 1",
+        "input": "Hello world. Hello. \n\n World, ''!@£$%^&*()_+=-[]{};'|:/.,<>? world",
+        "expectedOutput": "WORD,COUNT\nhello,2\nworld,3\nTOTAL,5",
+
+        "recipeConfig": [
+            {
+                "op": "Word Count",
+                "args": ["Space", true, "Alphabetical"],
+            },
+        ],
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Word Count: Count test 2",
+        "input": "Hello world. Hello. \n\n World, ''!@£$%^&*()_+=-[]{};'|:/.,<>? world",
+        "expectedOutput": "WORD,COUNT\nworld,3\nhello,2\nTOTAL,5",
+
+        "recipeConfig": [
+            {
+                "op": "Word Count",
+                "args": ["Space", true, "Count"],
+            },
+        ],
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Word Count: Count test 3",
+        "input": "Hello world. Hello. \n\n World, ''!@£$%^&*()_+=-[]{};'|:/.,<>? world",
+        "expectedOutput": "WORD,COUNT\nhello,2\nworld,3\n",
+
+        "recipeConfig": [
+            {
+                "op": "Word Count",
+                "args": ["Space", false, "Alphabetical"],
+            },
+        ],
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Word Count: Count test 4",
+        "input": "Hello world. Hello. \n\n World, ''!@£$%^&*()_+=-[]{};'|:/.,<>? world",
+        "expectedOutput": "WORD,COUNT\nworld,3\nhello,2\n",
+
+        "recipeConfig": [
+            {
+                "op": "Word Count",
+                "args": ["Space", false, "Count"],
+            },
+        ],
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Word Count: Different delimiter test",
+        "input": "Hello, World\nhello, world \n''!@£$%^&*()_+=-[]{};'|:/.,<>? world",
+        "expectedOutput": "WORD,COUNT\nworld,3\nhello,2\n",
+
+        "recipeConfig": [
+            {
+                "op": "Word Count",
+                "args": ["Comma", false, "Count"],
+            },
+        ],
+    }
+]);