diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 914fa6c65..a99e49103 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@
       rsUpperMisc = '(?:' + rsUpper + '|' + rsMisc + ')',
       reOptMod = rsModifier + '?',
       rsOptVar = '[' + rsVarRange + ']?',
-      rsJoiner = '(?:' + rsZWJ + '(?:' + [rsNonAstral, rsRegional, rsSurrPair].join('|') + ')' + rsOptVar + reOptMod + ')*',
-      rsSeq = rsOptVar + reOptMod + rsJoiner,
+      rsOptJoin = '(?:' + rsZWJ + '(?:' + [rsNonAstral, rsRegional, rsSurrPair].join('|') + ')' + rsOptVar + reOptMod + ')*',
+      rsSeq = rsOptVar + reOptMod + rsOptJoin,
       rsEmoji = '(?:' + [rsDingbat, rsRegional, rsSurrPair].join('|') + ')' + rsSeq,
       rsSymbol = '(?:' + [rsNonAstral + rsCombo + '?', rsCombo, rsRegional, rsSurrPair, rsAstral].join('|') + ')';