diff --git a/lib/line_wrapper.coffee b/lib/line_wrapper.coffee
index 3b18f0a..107edd2 100644
--- a/lib/line_wrapper.coffee
+++ b/lib/line_wrapper.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This regular expression is used for splitting a string into wrappable words
-WORD_RE = /([^ ,\/!.?:;\-\n]+[ ,\/!.?:;\-]*)|\n/g
+WORD_RE = /([^ ,\/!.?:;\-\n]*[ ,\/!.?:;\-]*)|\n/g
 {EventEmitter} = require 'events'
 
 class LineWrapper extends EventEmitter
diff --git a/lib/mixins/text.coffee b/lib/mixins/text.coffee
index 66170b1..d415ffa 100644
--- a/lib/mixins/text.coffee
+++ b/lib/mixins/text.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-WORD_RE = /([^ ,\/!.?:;\-\n]+[ ,\/!.?:;\-]*)|\n/g
+WORD_RE = /([^ ,\/!.?:;\-\n]*[ ,\/!.?:;\-]*)|\n/g
 LineWrapper = require '../line_wrapper'
 
 module.exports =