Code:

<script type='text/javascript'> <!-- /* Posting/PM Word Count - created by Eton Bones */ //set to minimum word count needed in order to make a post //or set to 0 to disable word count enforcement. var wordCountLimit=0; if(document.postForm && document.postForm.message){ var __submitBtn,__wc,__msg __msg=document.postForm.message; __submitBtn=document.getElementsByTagName('input'); for(var count=0;count<__submitBtn.length;count++){ if(__submitBtn[count].accessKey && __submitBtn[count].accessKey=='s'){__submitBtn=__submitBtn[count];break;} } if(typeof(__submitBtn.length)=="undefined"){ __btnText=__submitBtn.value; __wc=document.createElement('div'); __wc.id="wordcount"; __wc.appendChild(document.createTextNode('Word Count: ')); __wc.appendChild(document.createElement('span')); __submitBtn.parentNode.appendChild(__wc); count=__msg.value.match(/\b\w+\b/g); count=(count)?count.length:0; __wc.lastChild.innerHTML=count; if(count<wordCountLimit){__submitBtn.disabled=true;} if(document.addEventListener){ __msg.addEventListener("keyup",wordUp,false); __msg.addEventListener("input",wordUp,false); __msg.addEventListener("change",wordUp,false); }else if(document.attachEvent){ __msg.attachEvent("onpropertychange",wordUp); }else{ __msg.onkeyup=wordUp; __msg.onmouseup=wordUp; __msg.onchange=wordUp; } } } function wordUp(event){ if(this.document){var thiss=event.srcElement;}else{var thiss=this;} var count=thiss.value.match(/\b\w+\b/g); count=(count)?count.length:0; if(count>=wordCountLimit && wordCountLimit >0 && __submitBtn.disabled){ __submitBtn.disabled=false; } __wc.lastChild.innerHTML=count; } //--> </script>

I personally don't have Word - if I want to know how many words something is I have to count it by hand =/