diff --git a/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md b/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md
index 01bd6eb8b..885216a58 100644
--- a/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md
+++ b/snippets/stringToArrayOfWords.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Converts a given string into an array of words
 Use String.split with a supplied pattern(defaults to non alpha as a regex) to convert to an Array of Strings and then filter to remove any empty strings.
 
 ```js
-const stringToArrayOfWords = (str, pattern = /[\W_]+/) => str.split(pattern).filter(Boolean)
+const stringToArrayOfWords = (str, pattern = /[^a-zA-Z-]+/) => str.split(pattern).filter(Boolean)
 
 // stringToArrayOfWords("I love javaScript!!") -> ["I", "love", "javaScript"]
 // stringToArrayOfWords("python, javaScript & coffee") -> ["python", "javaScript", "coffee"]