( function() {

	function stripHtml( value ) {

		// Remove html tags and space chars
		return value.replace( /<.[^<>]*?>/g, " " ).replace( /&nbsp;|&#160;/gi, " " )

		// Remove punctuation
		.replace( /[.(),;:!?%#$'\"_+=\/\-“”’]*/g, "" );
	}

	$.validator.addMethod( "maxWords", function( value, element, params ) {
		return this.optional( element ) || stripHtml( value ).match( /\b\w+\b/g ).length <= params;
	}, $.validator.format( "Please enter {0} words or less." ) );

	$.validator.addMethod( "minWords", function( value, element, params ) {
		return this.optional( element ) || stripHtml( value ).match( /\b\w+\b/g ).length >= params;
	}, $.validator.format( "Please enter at least {0} words." ) );

	$.validator.addMethod( "rangeWords", function( value, element, params ) {
		var valueStripped = stripHtml( value ),
			regex = /\b\w+\b/g;
		return this.optional( element ) || valueStripped.match( regex ).length >= params[ 0 ] && valueStripped.match( regex ).length <= params[ 1 ];
	}, $.validator.format( "Please enter between {0} and {1} words." ) );

}() );