diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.h
index dd64808930..789188be37 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.h
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ private:
     bool m_needs_rehighlight { false };
     bool m_has_pending_change_notification { false };
     bool m_automatic_indentation_enabled { false };
-    WrappingMode m_wrapping_mode { WrappingMode::NoWrap };
+    WrappingMode m_wrapping_mode { WrappingMode::WrapAtWords };
     bool m_visualize_trailing_whitespace { true };
     bool m_visualize_leading_whitespace { false };
     bool m_cursor_line_highlighting { true };