diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index d9b3ee0..e17e43f 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@
         "prerequisites": [],
         "difficulty": 3
       },
+      {
+        "uuid": "6d626f7b-2336-49ec-8c1e-4ee3f0fa9a56",
+        "slug": "word-count",
+        "name": "Word Count",
+        "practices": [],
+        "prerequisites": [],
+        "difficulty": 3
+      },
       {
         "uuid": "b0317cb6-adaf-4fa7-a050-ad40e1139413",
         "slug": "raindrops",
diff --git a/exercises/practice/word-count/.docs/instructions.md b/exercises/practice/word-count/.docs/instructions.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b7f03e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/word-count/.docs/instructions.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Instructions
+
+Given a phrase, count the occurrences of each _word_ in that phrase.
+
+For the purposes of this exercise you can expect that a _word_ will always be one of:
+
+1. A _number_ composed of one or more ASCII digits (ie "0" or "1234") OR
+2. A _simple word_ composed of one or more ASCII letters (ie "a" or "they") OR
+3. A _contraction_ of two _simple words_ joined by a single apostrophe (ie "it's" or "they're")
+
+When counting words you can assume the following rules:
+
+1. The count is _case insensitive_ (ie "You", "you", and "YOU" are 3 uses of the same word)
+2. The count is _unordered_; the tests will ignore how words and counts are ordered
+3. Other than the apostrophe in a _contraction_ all forms of _punctuation_ are regarded as spaces
+4. The words can be separated by _any_ form of whitespace (ie "\t", "\n", " ")
+
+For example, for the phrase `"That's the password: 'PASSWORD 123'!", cried the Special Agent.\nSo I fled.` the count would be:
+
+```text
+that's: 1
+the: 2
+password: 2
+123: 1
+cried: 1
+special: 1
+agent: 1
+so: 1
+i: 1
+fled: 1
+```
diff --git a/exercises/practice/word-count/.meta/config.json b/exercises/practice/word-count/.meta/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e268e38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/word-count/.meta/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "authors": [],
+  "contributors": [
+    "kytrinyx"
+  ],
+  "files": {
+    "solution": [
+      "src/word-count.chpl"
+    ],
+    "test": [
+      "test/tests.chpl"
+    ],
+    "example": [
+      ".meta/reference.chpl"
+    ]
+  },
+  "blurb": "Given a phrase, count the occurrences of each word in that phrase.",
+  "source": "This is a classic toy problem, but we were reminded of it by seeing it in the Go Tour."
+}
diff --git a/exercises/practice/word-count/.meta/reference.chpl b/exercises/practice/word-count/.meta/reference.chpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19dcedb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/word-count/.meta/reference.chpl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module WordCount {
+  // implement reference solution
+}
diff --git a/exercises/practice/word-count/.meta/tests.toml b/exercises/practice/word-count/.meta/tests.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1be425b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/word-count/.meta/tests.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# This is an auto-generated file.
+#
+# Regenerating this file via `configlet sync` will:
+# - Recreate every `description` key/value pair
+# - Recreate every `reimplements` key/value pair, where they exist in problem-specifications
+# - Remove any `include = true` key/value pair (an omitted `include` key implies inclusion)
+# - Preserve any other key/value pair
+#
+# As user-added comments (using the # character) will be removed when this file
+# is regenerated, comments can be added via a `comment` key.
+
+[61559d5f-2cad-48fb-af53-d3973a9ee9ef]
+description = "count one word"
+
+[5abd53a3-1aed-43a4-a15a-29f88c09cbbd]
+description = "count one of each word"
+
+[2a3091e5-952e-4099-9fac-8f85d9655c0e]
+description = "multiple occurrences of a word"
+
+[e81877ae-d4da-4af4-931c-d923cd621ca6]
+description = "handles cramped lists"
+
+[7349f682-9707-47c0-a9af-be56e1e7ff30]
+description = "handles expanded lists"
+
+[a514a0f2-8589-4279-8892-887f76a14c82]
+description = "ignore punctuation"
+
+[d2e5cee6-d2ec-497b-bdc9-3ebe092ce55e]
+description = "include numbers"
+
+[dac6bc6a-21ae-4954-945d-d7f716392dbf]
+description = "normalize case"
+
+[4185a902-bdb0-4074-864c-f416e42a0f19]
+description = "with apostrophes"
+include = false
+
+[4ff6c7d7-fcfc-43ef-b8e7-34ff1837a2d3]
+description = "with apostrophes"
+reimplements = "4185a902-bdb0-4074-864c-f416e42a0f19"
+
+[be72af2b-8afe-4337-b151-b297202e4a7b]
+description = "with quotations"
+
+[8d6815fe-8a51-4a65-96f9-2fb3f6dc6ed6]
+description = "substrings from the beginning"
+
+[c5f4ef26-f3f7-4725-b314-855c04fb4c13]
+description = "multiple spaces not detected as a word"
+
+[50176e8a-fe8e-4f4c-b6b6-aa9cf8f20360]
+description = "alternating word separators not detected as a word"
+
+[6d00f1db-901c-4bec-9829-d20eb3044557]
+description = "quotation for word with apostrophe"
diff --git a/exercises/practice/word-count/Mason.toml b/exercises/practice/word-count/Mason.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..706d6d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/word-count/Mason.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[brick]
+name="word-count"
+version="0.1.0"
+chplVersion="1.28.0"
+type="application"
diff --git a/exercises/practice/word-count/src/word-count.chpl b/exercises/practice/word-count/src/word-count.chpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff9a82d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/word-count/src/word-count.chpl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module WordCount {
+  // write your solution here
+}
diff --git a/exercises/practice/word-count/test/tests.chpl b/exercises/practice/word-count/test/tests.chpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cd41b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/word-count/test/tests.chpl
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+use UnitTest;
+use WordCount;
+
+proc testCountOneWord(test : borrowed Test) throws {
+  var expected = [ "word" => 1 ];
+  test.assertEqual(countWords("word"), expected);
+}
+proc testCountOneOfEachWord(test : borrowed Test) throws {
+  var expected = [ "one" => 1, "of" => 1, "each" => 1 ];
+  test.assertEqual(countWords("one of each"), expected);
+}
+proc testMultipleOccurrencesOfAWord(test : borrowed Test) throws {
+  var expected = [ "one" => 1, "fish" => 4, "two" => 1, "red" => 1, "blue" => 1 ];
+  test.assertEqual(countWords("one fish two fish red fish blue fish"), expected);
+}
+proc testHandlesCrampedLists(test : borrowed Test) throws {
+  var expected = [ "one" => 1, "two" => 1, "three" => 1 ];
+  test.assertEqual(countWords("one,two,three"), expected);
+}
+proc testHandlesExpandedLists(test : borrowed Test) throws {
+  var expected = [ "one" => 1, "two" => 1, "three" => 1 ];
+  test.assertEqual(countWords("one,\ntwo,\nthree"), expected);
+}
+proc testIgnorePunctuation(test : borrowed Test) throws {
+  var expected = [ "car" => 1, "carpet" => 1, "as" => 1, "java" => 1, "javascript" => 1 ];
+  test.assertEqual(countWords("car: carpet as java: javascript!!&@$%^&"), expected);
+}
+proc testIncludeNumbers(test : borrowed Test) throws {
+  var expected = [ "testing" => 2, "1" => 1, "2" => 1 ];
+  test.assertEqual(countWords("testing, 1, 2 testing"), expected);
+}
+proc testNormalizeCase(test : borrowed Test) throws {
+  var expected = [ "go" => 3, "stop" => 2 ];
+  test.assertEqual(countWords("go Go GO Stop stop"), expected);
+}
+proc testWithApostrophes(test : borrowed Test) throws {
+  var expected = [ "first" => 1, "don't" => 2, "laugh" => 1, "then" => 1, "cry" => 1, "you're" => 1, "getting" => 1, "it" => 1 ];
+  test.assertEqual(countWords("'First: don't laugh. Then: don't cry. You're getting it.'"), expected);
+}
+proc testWithQuotations(test : borrowed Test) throws {
+  var expected = [ "joe" => 1, "can't" => 1, "tell" => 1, "between" => 1, "large" => 2, "and" => 1 ];
+  test.assertEqual(countWords("Joe can't tell between 'large' and large."), expected);
+}
+proc testSubstringsFromTheBeginning(test : borrowed Test) throws {
+  var expected = [ "joe" => 1, "can't" => 1, "tell" => 1, "between" => 1, "app" => 1, "apple" => 1, "and" => 1, "a" => 1 ];
+  test.assertEqual(countWords("Joe can't tell between app, apple and a."), expected);
+}
+proc testMultipleSpacesNotDetectedAsAWord(test : borrowed Test) throws {
+  var expected = [ "multiple" => 1, "whitespaces" => 1 ];
+  test.assertEqual(countWords(" multiple   whitespaces"), expected);
+}
+proc testAlternatingWordSeparatorsNotDetectedAsAWord(test : borrowed Test) throws {
+  var expected = [ "one" => 1, "two" => 1, "three" => 1 ];
+  test.assertEqual(countWords(",\n,one,\n ,two \n 'three'"), expected);
+}
+proc testQuotationForWordWithApostrophe(test : borrowed Test) throws {
+  var expected = [ "can" => 1, "can't" => 2 ];
+  test.assertEqual(countWords("can, can't, 'can't'"), expected);
+}
+
+UnitTest.main();