You can configure the word counter by means of the configuration key in the EditorialConfig.

To access the EditorialConfig, run EdAdmin4, in the Application Configuration section, click Client applications, search for EditorialConfig and then double-click it.)

The settings are common for all titles.

The default key is:

WordSeparator=" !\"'(),-.:;<>?[]_`" 

To add new characters (ansi - unicode), just edit the key in EdAdmin4.

Use escape characters for double quote (&quot;), for 'greater than' > (&gt;) and for 'less than' < (&lt;)

Note: to obtain the same hard-coded value of the word separators add to this configuration key these symbols: "©«®»".