Typing- calculating wpm?

By user36828 - updated: 11 years, 7 months ago - 1 message

when typing for speed, how do you count wpm ie 5 letters equals 1 word or does one word equal one word. or does one word equal one word no matter how many letters? do you count the letters or words.
By bdeonovic - posted: 11 years, 7 months ago

A word is taken to be 5 letters:

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