Interesting tool that does what it says—counts words. Total number of words, total instances of words in a document, gives a sortable summary of words. The only drawback is the constant need to drop the words into Word Counter.

Text can be typed, pasted, or dragged into the window. Word Counter can automatically update the count based on a user-defined time interval. It can show the progress achieved towards a set goal for the total number of words and characters. It also can perform bulk counts on multiple files and folders simply by dropping them onto the window. Word Counter can count the number of times a particular word appears in a document.

9WR - Word Counter: Counts total words, instances of words, creates summary table.