diff --git a/src/scripts/h5p-dictation-sentence.js b/src/scripts/h5p-dictation-sentence.js
index 97c67de..878133c 100644
--- a/src/scripts/h5p-dictation-sentence.js
+++ b/src/scripts/h5p-dictation-sentence.js
@@ -938,37 +938,12 @@ Sentence.TYPE_TYPO = 'typo';
 Sentence.AUTOSPLIT = '[\u3040-\u30FF\u4E00-\u62FF\u6300-\u77FF\u7800-\u8CFF\u8D00-\u9FFF]';
 
 /** @constant {string} */
-const basicPunctuation = '[.?!,\'";\\:\\-\\(\\)/\\+\\-\\*';
-const latin1Supplement = '\u00AB\u00BB\u00BF';
-const generalPunctuation = '\u201C-\u201E';
-const arabicPunctuation = '\u060C\u061F';
-const hebrewPunctuation = '\u05BE\u05C0\u05C3\u05C6';
-const generalPunctuationContinued = '\u2000-\u206F';
-const mathematicalOperators = '\u22EF';
-const cjkSymbolsAndPunctuation = '\u3000-\u3002\u3008-\u3011';
-const fullwidthForms = '\uFF01\uFF08\uFF09\uFF0C\uFF1A\uFF1B\uFF1F\uFF3B\uFF3D\uFE41\uFE42\uFE4F\uFF5E';
+// eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+Sentence.PUNCTUATION = '[.?!,\'";\\:\\-\\(\\)/\\+\\-\\*\u00AB\u00BB\u00BF\u201C-\u201E\u060C\u061F\u05BE\u05C0\u05C3\u05C6\u2000-\u206F\u22EF\u3000-\u3002\u3008-\u3011\uFF01\uFF08\uFF09\uFF0C\uFF1A\uFF1B\uFF1F\uFF3B\uFF3D\uFE41\uFE42\uFE4F\uFF5E]';
 
 /** @constant {string} */
-Sentence.PUNCTUATION = `
-  ${basicPunctuation}
-  ${latin1Supplement}
-  ${generalPunctuation}
-  ${arabicPunctuation}
-  ${hebrewPunctuation}
-  ${generalPunctuationContinued}
-  ${mathematicalOperators}
-  ${cjkSymbolsAndPunctuation}
-  ${fullwidthForms}
-`.replace(/\s+/g, '');
-
-const basicLatin = '\\w';
-const latinExtendedA = '\u00C0-\u00D6\u00D8-\u00F6\u00F8-\u00FF';
-const latinExtendedB = '\u0100-\u02AF';
-const hebrewWord = '\u0591-\u05BD\u05BF\u05C1\u05C2\u05C4\u05C5\u05C7';
-const arabicWord = '\u060B\u060D-\u061E\u0620-\u08FF';
-
-/** @constant {string} */
-Sentence.WORD = `${basicLatin}|[${latinExtendedA}${latinExtendedB}${hebrewWord}${arabicWord}]`;
+// eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+Sentence.WORD = '\\w|[\u00C0-\u00D6\u00D8-\u00F6\u00F8-\u00FF\u0100-\u02AF\u0591-\u05BD\u05BF\u05C1\u05C2\u05C4\u05C5\u05C7-\u060B\u060D-\u061E\u0620-\u08FF]';
 
 /** @constant {string} */
 Sentence.SPACE_ESCAPE = 'astringthatwillneverhappen123@@';