diff --git a/wp-admin/js/word-count.dev.js b/wp-admin/js/word-count.dev.js
index 2207f758aa..27aae3ccea 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/word-count.dev.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/word-count.dev.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 			setTimeout( function() {
 				if ( tx ) {
-					tx = tx.replace( /<.[^<>]*?>/g, ' ' ).replace( /&nbsp;/gi, ' ' );
+					tx = tx.replace( /<.[^<>]*?>/g, ' ' ).replace( /&nbsp;|&#160;/gi, ' ' );
 					tx = tx.replace( /[0-9.(),;:!?%#$¿'"_+=\\/-]*/g, '' );
 					tx.replace( /\S\s+/g, function(){tc++;} );
 				}
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/word-count.js b/wp-admin/js/word-count.js
index 6384eba717..8c935d4175 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/word-count.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/word-count.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-(function(a){wpWordCount={init:function(){var b=this,c=0,d=a("#content");a("#wp-word-count").html(wordCountL10n.count.replace(/%d/,'<span id="word-count">0</span>'));b.block=0;b.wc(d.val());d.keyup(function(f){if(f.keyCode==c){return true}if(13==f.keyCode||8==c||46==c){b.wc(d.val())}c=f.keyCode;return true})},wc:function(d){var e=this,c=a("#word-count"),b=0;if(e.block){return}e.block=1;setTimeout(function(){if(d){d=d.replace(/<.[^<>]*?>/g," ").replace(/&nbsp;/gi," ");d=d.replace(/[0-9.(),;:!?%#$¿'"_+=\\/-]*/g,"");d.replace(/\S\s+/g,function(){b++})}c.html(b.toString());setTimeout(function(){e.block=0},2000)},1)}};a(document).ready(function(){wpWordCount.init()})}(jQuery));
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+(function(a){wpWordCount={init:function(){var b=this,c=0,d=a("#content");a("#wp-word-count").html(wordCountL10n.count.replace(/%d/,'<span id="word-count">0</span>'));b.block=0;b.wc(d.val());d.keyup(function(f){if(f.keyCode==c){return true}if(13==f.keyCode||8==c||46==c){b.wc(d.val())}c=f.keyCode;return true})},wc:function(d){var e=this,c=a("#word-count"),b=0;if(e.block){return}e.block=1;setTimeout(function(){if(d){d=d.replace(/<.[^<>]*?>/g," ").replace(/&nbsp;|&#160;/gi," ");d=d.replace(/[0-9.(),;:!?%#$¿'"_+=\\/-]*/g,"");d.replace(/\S\s+/g,function(){b++})}c.html(b.toString());setTimeout(function(){e.block=0},2000)},1)}};a(document).ready(function(){wpWordCount.init()})}(jQuery));
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diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 0a03f66971..1d3594393f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 		$scripts->add( 'admin-widgets', "/wp-admin/js/widgets$suffix.js", array( 'jquery-ui-sortable', 'jquery-ui-draggable' ), '20090413a' );
 		$scripts->add_data( 'admin-widgets', 'group', 1 );
 
-		$scripts->add( 'word-count', "/wp-admin/js/word-count$suffix.js", array( 'jquery' ), '20090102' );
+		$scripts->add( 'word-count', "/wp-admin/js/word-count$suffix.js", array( 'jquery' ), '20090422' );
 		$scripts->add_data( 'word-count', 'group', 1 );
 		$scripts->localize( 'word-count', 'wordCountL10n', array(
 			'count' => __('Word count: %d'),