diff --git a/tp2/Crossword.java b/tp2/Crossword.java
index 4347bd4e175adf0a31745538d1056d175e6ed1f1..1fdff783d38a979fa52d790494bfdaa4b2cb75ef 100644
--- a/tp2/Crossword.java
+++ b/tp2/Crossword.java
@@ -147,6 +147,19 @@ public class Crossword {
         System.out.println();
     }
 
+    public int countWord(String word){
+        this.WordCount = 0;
+        for (int j = 0; j < columns; ++j) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < rows; ++i) {
+                if (searchRow(j, i, word)) {
+                    this.WordCount ++;
+                } else if (searchColumn(j, i, word)) {
+                    this.WordCount ++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return this.WordCount;
+    }
 
 }