diff --git a/src/background.js b/src/background.js
index c22319d..b9241f6 100644
--- a/src/background.js
+++ b/src/background.js
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ chrome.contextMenus.onClicked.addListener((info) => {
 
     let totalLength = 0;
     let maxLength = 0;
+    let longestWord = "";
     for (let i = 0; i < wordCount; i++) {
-        const curLength = words[i]
-            .replace(/[.,?!()<>{}[\]/\\+=~'`|:;]/g, '').length;
+    	const curWord = words[i].replace(/[.,?!()<>{}[\]/\\+=~'`|:;]/g, '');
+        const curLength = curWord.length;
         totalLength += curLength;
         if (curLength > maxLength) {
             maxLength = curLength;
+            longestWord = curWord;
         }
     }
     const avgLength = wordCount === 0
@@ -32,5 +34,5 @@ chrome.contextMenus.onClicked.addListener((info) => {
     alert(`Word Count: ${wordCount}
 Character Count: ${charCount}
 Average Word Length: ${avgLength.toFixed(numAverageDigits)}
-Longest Word Length: ${maxLength}`);
+Longest Word Length: ${maxLength} ("${longestWord}")`);
 });