diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 711020039..c15d142f5 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -105,11 +105,10 @@
 
   /** Used to match words to create compound words */
   var reWords = (function() {
-    var nums = '[0-9]',
-        upper = '[A-Z\\xC0-\\xD6\\xD8-\\xDE]',
-        lower = '[a-z\\xDF-\\xF6\\xF8-\\xFF]+' + nums + '*';
+    var upper = '[A-Z\\xC0-\\xD6\\xD8-\\xDE]',
+        lower = '[a-z\\xDF-\\xF6\\xF8-\\xFF]+';
 
-    return RegExp(upper + '{2,}(?=' + upper + lower + ')|' + upper + '?' + lower + '|' + upper + '+|' + nums + '+', 'g');
+    return RegExp(upper + '{2,}(?=' + upper + lower + ')|' + upper + '?' + lower + '|' + upper + '+|[0-9]+', 'g');
   }());
 
   /** Used to detect and test whitespace */
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index cf944cb8b..3104f2b3c 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -11657,6 +11657,16 @@
 
       deepEqual(actual, [['a'], ['b'], ['c']]);
     });
+
+    test('should work with compound words', 6, function() {
+      deepEqual(_.words('LETTERSAeiouAreVowels'), ['LETTERS', 'Aeiou', 'Are', 'Vowels']);
+      deepEqual(_.words('aeiouAreVowels'), ['aeiou', 'Are', 'Vowels']);
+      deepEqual(_.words('aeiou2Consonants'), ['aeiou', '2', 'Consonants']);
+
+      deepEqual(_.words('LETTERSÆiouAreVowels'), ['LETTERS', 'Æiou', 'Are', 'Vowels']);
+      deepEqual(_.words('æiouAreVowels'), ['æiou', 'Are', 'Vowels']);
+      deepEqual(_.words('æiou2Consonants'), ['æiou', '2', 'Consonants']);
+    });
   }());
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/