Hide the Word Count

Students, we’ve got a solution to all of your word count problems. Someone mentioned on Twitter that their essay is at 642 words but they need 700. “Change the text color to white,” one person advises. Then, they urge this person to type in a lengthy, meaningless phrase to reach the required word count.

You can see a photo of Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill from Jurassic Park with “It’s basically the next step in evolution,” listed below. It’s a tool of the trade. A trick that’ll last you all through college. Change that text to white and type out the phrase above and you’ll get where you need to go.