diff --git a/Userland/Applications/TextEditor/MainWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/TextEditor/MainWidget.cpp
index a0171ebcc9..ecc82b10b0 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/TextEditor/MainWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/TextEditor/MainWidget.cpp
@@ -765,20 +765,8 @@ void MainWidget::update_statusbar()
     builder.appendff("Line: {}, Column: {}", m_editor->cursor().line() + 1, m_editor->cursor().column());
 
     if (m_editor->has_selection()) {
-        int word_count = 0;
-        bool in_word = false;
         String selected_text = m_editor->selected_text();
-        for (char c : selected_text) {
-            if (in_word && isspace(c)) {
-                in_word = false;
-                word_count++;
-                continue;
-            }
-            if (!in_word && !isspace(c))
-                in_word = true;
-        }
-        if (in_word)
-            word_count++;
+        auto word_count = m_editor->number_of_selected_words();
         builder.appendff("        Selected: {} {} ({} {})", selected_text.length(), selected_text.length() == 1 ? "character" : "characters", word_count, word_count != 1 ? "words" : "word");
     }
     m_statusbar->set_text(builder.to_string());
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.cpp
index 8de8cc8acf..f8233f1e2e 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.cpp
@@ -1217,6 +1217,29 @@ String TextEditor::selected_text() const
     return document().text_in_range(m_selection);
 }
 
+size_t TextEditor::number_of_selected_words() const
+{
+    if (!has_selection())
+        return 0;
+
+    size_t word_count = 0;
+    bool in_word = false;
+    auto selected_text = this->selected_text();
+    for (char c : selected_text) {
+        if (in_word && isspace(c)) {
+            in_word = false;
+            word_count++;
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (!in_word && !isspace(c))
+            in_word = true;
+    }
+    if (in_word)
+        word_count++;
+
+    return word_count;
+}
+
 void TextEditor::delete_selection()
 {
     auto selection = normalized_selection();
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.h
index 6bf15f31f1..c158198fa2 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ public:
     bool write_to_file(const String& path);
     bool has_selection() const { return m_selection.is_valid(); }
     String selected_text() const;
+    size_t number_of_selected_words() const;
     void set_selection(const TextRange&);
     void clear_selection();
     bool can_undo() const { return document().can_undo(); }