diff --git a/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java b/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java
index 0712b11..9f202c3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java
+++ b/src/main/java/strman/Strman.java
@@ -909,10 +909,22 @@ public abstract class Strman {
      * @return Words Array
      */
     public static String[] words(final String value) {
-        validate(value, NULL_STRING_PREDICATE, NULL_STRING_MSG_SUPPLIER);
-        return value.split("\\W+");
+        return words(value, "\\s+");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Splits a String to words by delimiter, \s+ by default
+     *
+     * @param value     The input String
+     * @param delimiter delimiter for splitting input String
+     * @return words array
+     */
+    public static String[] words(final String value, final String delimiter) {
+        validate(value, NULL_STRING_PREDICATE, NULL_STRING_MSG_SUPPLIER);
+        return value.split(delimiter);
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Truncate the unsecured form string, cutting the independent string of required position.
      *
@@ -997,7 +1009,7 @@ public abstract class Strman {
     public static String slugify(final String value) {
         validate(value, NULL_STRING_PREDICATE, NULL_STRING_MSG_SUPPLIER);
         String transliterated = transliterate(collapseWhitespace(value.trim().toLowerCase()));
-        return Arrays.stream(words(transliterated.replace("&", "-and-"))).collect(joining("-"));
+        return Arrays.stream(words(transliterated.replace("&", "-and-"), "\\W+")).collect(joining("-"));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTests.java b/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTests.java
index d7e163d..5f28728 100644
--- a/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/strman/StrmanTests.java
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ public class StrmanTests {
     @Test
     public void words_shouldConvertTextToWords() throws Exception {
         final String line = "This is a string, with words!";
-        assertThat(words(line), is(new String[]{"This", "is", "a", "string", "with", "words"}));
+        assertThat(words(line), arrayContaining("This", "is", "a", "string,", "with", "words!"));
     }
 
     @Test